Airsonic Advanced Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Airsonic Advanced hosting on xCloud gives you a self-hosted music streaming server for the library you own, with a web player and Subsonic-compatible mobile apps, on a server you control. Deploy Airsonic Advanced from the OneClick catalog and xCloud starts the pinned image, replaces upstream's default admin login with a generated password, mounts four persistent volumes and publishes it over HTTPS on your domain.

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What is Airsonic Advanced?

Airsonic-Advanced is a more modern implementation of the Airsonic fork, with performance and feature enhancements, and Airsonic itself is described as a free, web-based media streamer giving ubiquitous access to your music. Self-hosted Airsonic Advanced is a self-hosted music streaming server for a library you already own, a Subsonic-compatible alternative to renting a streaming catalogue such as Spotify. It is written in Java and licensed under GPL-3.0.

On xCloud this template deploys the unreleased 11.x development line as upstream's own container image, built 2024-04-24 and pinned by digest. It is not a stable release: the last tagged release, 10.6.0, has no container image, and no newer image exists. An embedded database sits in the airsonic_data volume, with music, playlists and podcasts on their own volumes. DLNA discovery is not available.

From Sign-Up to a Live Airsonic Advanced In Just 3 Easy Steps

Running Airsonic Advanced yourself means the app, a persistent data directory, music folders, a safer admin password, a domain and a certificate before the first track plays. Here the install form has no fields at all.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Airsonic Advanced from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and server; there are no other fields, because xCloud generates the administrator password for you.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the pinned 11.x snapshot image, replace the seeded admin/admin login with your generated password, mount airsonic_data, airsonic_music, airsonic_playlists and airsonic_podcasts, and publish it over HTTPS.
Step 03
Add Music And Scan
Copy your music into the /var/music folder of the container, for example with docker cp, then run a scan under Settings, Media folders. Subsonic-compatible apps connect to your site URL with an account.

Everything Airsonic Advanced Does, On Your Own Server

This template runs the Airsonic Advanced 11.x development snapshot with its embedded database, so there is no separate database container to manage.

Web Player And Jukebox
A web interface with search and index facilities lets you browse a large music collection and play it from any browser or work as a local jukebox.
Subsonic-Compatible Apps
Airsonic Advanced serves a Subsonic-compatible API, so mobile and desktop Subsonic-style apps connect to your site URL with a user account.
Transcoding
Transcoder plug-ins let it stream formats the client cannot play and resample to a lower bitrate when bandwidth is limited.
Playlists, Podcasts And Shares
Build playlists, download podcast episodes to their own volume, and share music with friends, with each kept on a persistent named volume.
Multiple Users
Create accounts for the people you share with. Any account can stream your library, and the admin account can change settings and transcoding commands.
Safer Admin Login
Upstream seeds admin with the password admin. The install replaces it with a generated password, and stops the container if it cannot.

Everything You Need To Run Your Airsonic Advanced 24/7

Dedicated server hosting for Airsonic Advanced, so the machine under it is not your problem.

Airsonic Advanced snapshot deployed
Image pinned by immutable digest
Default admin login replaced
Embedded database, no sidecar
Free SSL certificate
Docker app backups you schedule
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With Airsonic Advanced

Stream your own library to your phone
A listener copies their collection onto the server and plays it through a Subsonic-compatible app on their phone, with the files staying on a server they rent.
Share a collection with friends and family
An owner creates accounts for people they trust, and each can stream the library from a browser or app, while the admin account keeps control of settings.
Follow podcasts alongside music
A user subscribes to podcasts and keeps downloaded episodes on the airsonic_podcasts volume, listening through the same player as their music.
Run a Subsonic API server without a desktop
A hobbyist keeps a Subsonic-style server running around the clock on a Cloud VPS, scanning new albums as they are copied in, instead of leaving a home machine on.

Airsonic Advanced vs Alternatives

Spotify: Spotify is a hosted catalogue service. Airsonic Advanced streams a library you provide on a server you rent, so it holds your own files rather than a licensed catalogue.
Navidrome: Navidrome is a separate Subsonic-compatible music server with its own OneClick page. This template runs the Airsonic Advanced snapshot, so choose it only if that is the server your apps already expect.
Jellyfin: Jellyfin is a media server for films, series and music with its own OneClick page. Airsonic Advanced is music-only and speaks the Subsonic API.
Ampache: Ampache is another self-hosted music streamer with its own OneClick page and its own interface. Choose this template for Airsonic Advanced's Subsonic-compatible API and jukebox web player.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Airsonic Advanced hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

A larger library with more listeners and transcoding.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Airsonic-Advanced is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Music Server?

Airsonic Advanced on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore, with the data left in your hands.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Is Airsonic Advanced free?

Yes. Airsonic-Advanced is GPL-3.0 free software; its licence file is linked here at the pinned commit. xCloud bills for the Cloud VPS under it, not for Airsonic Advanced. Remember that this install is a development snapshot, not a stable release.

Can you run Airsonic Advanced with Docker?

Yes, and this Airsonic Advanced Docker hosting template does it for you: upstream's ghcr.io/airsonic-advanced image, tagged edge-11.0.0-SNAPSHOT and pinned by digest, runs as one container on your own server, not in an Airsonic Advanced cloud account, with HTTPS in front of port 4040.

How much RAM does Airsonic Advanced need?

Airsonic Advanced's manifest floor is one CPU core, 1024 MB RAM and 10 GB disk, and music collections need much more disk. Transcoding adds CPU load while it runs. The 6 GB tier sold here leaves room for a large library.

What is the default Airsonic Advanced login?

Upstream seeds an admin user with the password admin. This template generates a password, replaces the default during setup, deletes the seeded credential and checks both logins. Use admin with the password from the credentials panel, and change it under Settings, Credentials.

What apps work with Airsonic Advanced?

Subsonic-compatible mobile and desktop apps connect to your site URL with the admin or any other account, because the server speaks the Subsonic API. This page does not test specific apps, so confirm sign-in and streaming in the app you choose before relying on it.

How do I add music to Airsonic Advanced?

Copy files into the /var/music directory of the container, for example with docker cp, then run a scan under Settings, Media folders. Browser uploads are accepted up to 2 GB per request, or about 100 MB when the site is proxied through Cloudflare.

Does Airsonic Advanced support DLNA?

No. DLNA and UPnP discovery need multicast on the host network, and the 4041 and 1900 ports are not published, so TV and speaker discovery does not work on this install. Only the web port is exposed, over HTTPS, so use a Subsonic-compatible app or the web player.

How do I back up Airsonic Advanced?

Include all four volumes in one backup: airsonic_data (database, configuration, keys and cache), airsonic_music, airsonic_playlists and airsonic_podcasts. Stop the container or use a consistent snapshot before copying the database, keep an off-server copy, and test a restore.

Backup and restore Docker apps

How do I upgrade Airsonic Advanced?

Upgrades are not automatic, and none exists: this is the newest 11.x snapshot image upstream has published, and it has had no newer image since. Upstream warns 11.x is not backwards compatible with 10.6 data. Back up all four volumes before adopting any newer template version, should one appear.

Is Airsonic Advanced still maintained?

The template notes that the project's last tagged release, 10.6.0, has no container image, that the pinned snapshot was built on 2024-04-24, and that no newer image has appeared since. This page therefore claims no active development, so decide whether a snapshot build suits your library.

Who can reach my Airsonic Advanced site?

Anyone with the URL can see the sign-in page, and any account you create can stream the library. The admin account can change settings and transcoding commands, so keep its password private and do not reuse it. Keep the site private if you do not need public access.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.