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            <h1>Installing Airsonic on Windows, Free Self-Hosted Music Streamer</h1>
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          <h2>Downloads and Pre-requisites</h2>

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	<li>Download OpenJDK <a href="https://jdk.java.net/" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Download Apache Tomcat <a href="https://tomcat.apache.org/download-90.cgi" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Download Airsonic.war <a href="https://github.com/airsonic/airsonic/releases" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Extract the OpenJDK archive to C:\program files\OpenJDK</li>
	<li>Click the Start button and search Control Panel</li>
	<li>Navigate to System &gt; Advanced System Settings</li>
	<li>Click the Environment Variables button</li>
	<li>Under System Variables, click New</li>
	<li>In the Variable Name field enter JAVA_HOME</li>
	<li>In the Variable Value field enter the full path to C:\program files\OpenJDK</li>
	<li>Click OK to close all the open dialog windows</li>
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<h2>Installing Tomcat</h2>

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	<li>Double click the Apache Tomcat installer executable</li>
	<li>Click Next and then I Agree</li>
	<li>On the Choose Components screen, uncheck everything except Core, Service Startup and Native &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Set the port to 8000 and Service Name &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>At the Java Virtual Machine screen, input C:\program files\OpenJDK &gt; Click Next</li>
	<li>Verify the install location &gt; Click Install</li>
	<li>After the installation completes, open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000</li>
	<li>An Apache Tomcat splash screen should display with the version of Tomcat that is currently running</li>
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<h2>Installing Airsonic</h2>

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	<li>Copy the airsonic.war file downloaded earlier to the Apache Tomcat/webapps directory</li>
	<li>Within a few moments Apache Tomcat should see the .war file and extract it to a /airsonic sub-directory
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		<li>If this doesn&#39;t occur automatically, try right clicking the Start button &gt; Run &gt; services.msc and restarting the Apache Tomcat service</li>
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	<li>Once the .war file has extracted itself to a directory, open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8000/airsonic</li>
	<li>Login with username: admin, password: admin</li>
	<li>Click the Change administrator password link</li>
	<li>Check the Change password box</li>
	<li>Input the new password twice and click the Save button</li>
	<li>Select Media folders from the top navigation</li>
	<li>Add one or more media folders and click the Save button</li>
	<li>Click the Scan media folders now link for Airsonic to begin importing your music library</li>
	<li>Click the Home button in the top navigation</li>
	<li>Scanning files should show in the top right of the screen to indicate the import progress</li>
	<li>Click the Refresh link on the left navigation to watch as artists are scanned and added</li>
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<h2>Optional Steps</h2>

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	<li>To remove the need to navigate to /airsonic, navigate to the Apache Tomcat/webapps directory in Explorer</li>
	<li>Delete the ROOT directory if it exists</li>
	<li>Rename the airsonic directory ROOT</li>
	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNS-or-IP:8000/ to reach the Airsonic</li>
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