ardour Installation Guide Installation Guide

ardour is a free and open-source audio workstation. Ardour provides digital audio workstation

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores

RAM: 4GB minimum

Storage: 20GB for projects

Network: GUI application

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port N/A (default ardour port)

JACK support

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install ardour
sudo dnf install -y ardour

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now ardour

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=N/A/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
ardour --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install ardour
sudo apt install -y ardour

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now ardour

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow N/A

# Verify installation
ardour --version

bash

# Install ardour
sudo pacman -S ardour

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now ardour

# Verify installation
ardour --version

bash

# Install ardour
apk add --no-cache ardour

# Enable and start service
rc-update add ardour default
rc-service ardour start

# Verify installation
ardour --version

bash

# Install ardour
sudo zypper install -y ardour

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now ardour

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=N/A/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
ardour --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install ardour

# Start service
brew services start ardour

# Verify installation
ardour --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install ardour

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'ardour_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service ardour start

# Verify installation
ardour --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install ardour

# Or using Scoop
scoop install ardour

# Verify installation
ardour --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/ardour

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
ardour --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable ardour

# Start service
sudo systemctl start ardour

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop ardour

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart ardour

# Check status
sudo systemctl status ardour

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u ardour -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add ardour default

# Start service
rc-service ardour start

# Stop service
rc-service ardour stop

# Restart service
rc-service ardour restart

# Check status
rc-service ardour status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'ardour_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service ardour start

# Stop service
service ardour stop

# Restart service
service ardour restart

# Check status
service ardour status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start ardour
brew services stop ardour
brew services restart ardour

# Check status
brew services list | grep ardour

powershell

# Start service
net start ardour

# Stop service
net stop ardour

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service ardour
Stop-Service ardour
Restart-Service ardour

# Check status
Get-Service ardour

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream ardour_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:N/A;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name ardour.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name ardour.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/ardour.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/ardour.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://ardour_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName ardour.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://ardour.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName ardour.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/ardour.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ardour.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:N/A/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:N/A/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend ardour_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/ardour.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend ardour_backend

backend ardour_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server ardour1 127.0.0.1:N/A check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R ardour:ardour /etc/ardour
sudo chmod 750 /etc/ardour

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=N/A/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status ardour

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u ardour -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep ardour)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/ardour"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/ardour-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/ardour /var/lib/ardour

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/ardour-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop ardour

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/ardour/ardour-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start ardour

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u ardour -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/ardour/ardour.log

# Check configuration
ardour --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/ardour

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep N/A

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost N/A

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep ardour)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep ardour)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep N/A

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  ardour:
    image: ardour:latest
    ports:
      - "N/A:N/A"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/ardour
      - ./data:/var/lib/ardour
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update ardour

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade ardour

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu ardour

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade ardour

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update ardour

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade ardour

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/ardour-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/ardour

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart ardour

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/ardour

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/ardour -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/ardour

Official Documentation: https://docs.ardour.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/ardour/ardour

Community Forum: https://forum.ardour.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.ardour.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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