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Initial Setup and Configuration

In this guide, we'll be doing the following initial setup steps:

  1. Setting an admin password
  2. Adding music folders
  3. Add a limited user

We’ll also be exploring the following:

  1. Subscribe and download podcasts
  2. Connecting Airsonic server via PC client/Mobile Apps

Initial Setup

Setting an administrator password

  • After installation, click Connect under Airsonic
  • The airsonic login appears. Login first using the default credentials which are The following:
Username: admin
Password: admin
  • Once logged in, you’ll be greeted with the welcome message. We’ll be doing step 1 which is changing the administrator password. Click Change administrator password
  • You’ll be taken to the settings under Users section. Find the Change password  checkbox. 
  • Tick it and change it to a your desired password.
  • Once that’s done, click Save.
  • Your admin password has been changed

Setting Media Folders

  • Click Home to show the welcome message again. Click on step 2, which is Setup media folders
  • In this step, you need to get the absolute path of your media folder. To do that, login to your slot’s SSH terminal, navigate to your media folder and print the work directory (pwd) of that folder to get its absolute path
    • Login to your slot’s SSH terminal
    • Navigate to your media folder.
      • In this example, my Music folder is in a mount named Media.
      • On the