beets Installation Guide Installation Guide

beets is a free and open-source music library manager. Beets helps organize music collections with automatic tagging and format conversion

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 256MB minimum

Storage: 100MB for app

Network: MusicBrainz access

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 beets port)

Web UI on 8337

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 beets
sudo dnf install -y beets

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

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

# Verify installation
beet version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install beets
sudo apt install -y beets

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

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow N/A

# Verify installation
beet version

bash

# Install beets
sudo pacman -S beets

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

# Verify installation
beet version

bash

# Install beets
apk add --no-cache beets

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

# Verify installation
beet version

bash

# Install beets
sudo zypper install -y beets

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

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

# Verify installation
beet version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install beets

# Start service
brew services start beets

# Verify installation
beet version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install beets

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

# Start service
service beets start

# Verify installation
beet version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install beets

# Or using Scoop
scoop install beets

# Verify installation
beet version

bash

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

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

# Test configuration
beet version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable beets

# Start service
sudo systemctl start beets

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop beets

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart beets

# Check status
sudo systemctl status beets

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u beets -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add beets default

# Start service
rc-service beets start

# Stop service
rc-service beets stop

# Restart service
rc-service beets restart

# Check status
rc-service beets status

bash

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

# Start service
service beets start

# Stop service
service beets stop

# Restart service
service beets restart

# Check status
service beets status

bash

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

# Check status
brew services list | grep beets

powershell

# Start service
net start beets

# Stop service
net stop beets

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

# Check status
Get-Service beets

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream beets_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:N/A;
}

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

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

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

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://beets_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 beets.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://beets.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName beets.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/beets.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/beets.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 beets_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/beets.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend beets_backend

backend beets_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server beets1 127.0.0.1:N/A check

bash

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

# 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 beets

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u beets -f

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

bash

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

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

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

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop beets

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

# Start service
sudo systemctl start beets

1. Service won't start:

bash

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

# Check configuration
beet version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/beets

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 beets)

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

# Check connections
ss -an | grep N/A

yaml

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

Maintenance

bash

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

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

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu beets

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade beets

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update beets

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade beets

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

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart beets

Regular Maintenance

bash

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

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

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

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

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

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

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.beets.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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