In this guide, we will install and configure a self-hosted media manager using Dim. Let’s plunge in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Install Dim self-hosted Media Manager<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
There are a couple of methods to install a self-hosted media manager using Dim as listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Running Dim from the binaries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Running Dim using Docker.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Running Dim from source.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
In this guide, I will demonstrate two ways to get Dim self-hosted Media Manager running on your Linux or macOS system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Method 1 – Run Dim self-hosted Media Manager using Binaries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
This is the most basic way to get Dim self-hosted Media Manager running on your Linux\/macOS system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First and foremost, install the required dependencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- libva2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- libva-drm2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
##On RHEL\/CentOS\/Rocky Linux 8\n<\/em><\/span>sudo yum install https:\/\/extras.getpagespeed.com\/release-el8-latest.rpm\nsudo yum install vim unzip curl libva2 libva-dev libva-drm2\n\n##On Debian\/Ubuntu\n<\/em><\/span>sudo apt install vim unzip curl libva2 libva-dev libva-drm2<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nThen, download the latest available version of Dim from the Dim GitHub release page<\/a>. Alternatively, you can obtain the download link and pull the archive using Wget as below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
curl -s https:\/\/api.github.com\/repos\/Dusk-Labs\/dim\/releases\/latest |grep browser_download_url | cut -d '\"' -f 4 | wget -i -<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nWith the Dim archive downloaded successfully, extract it as below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
unzip release.zip\ntar -xvzf release.tar.gz<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nNow navigate into the extracted folder and install dim using the below command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
cd release\n.\/dim<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nSample Output:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ .\/dim<\/span>\nNov 06 05:20:27.485 INFO ffmpeg version git-2021-10-19-407acc0 Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers\nbuilt with gcc 9 (Ubuntu 9.3.0-17ubuntu1~20.04)\nconfiguration: --pkg-config-flags=--static --prefix=\/home\/runner\/work\/ffmpeg-static\/ffmpeg-static\/target --bindir=\/home\/runner\/work\/ffmpeg-static\/ffmpeg-static\/target\/bin --extra-cflags='-I \/home\/runner\/work\/ffmpeg-static\/ffmpeg-static\/target\/include -I \/usr\/local\/cuda\/include\/' --extra-ldflags='-L \/home\/runner\/work\/ffmpeg-static\/ffmpeg-static\/target\/lib -L \/usr\/local\/cuda\/lib64\/' --extra-libs=-lpthread --disable-autodetect --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-libass --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-vaapi --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libaom --enable-pthreads --enable-nvenc --enable-nvdec --enable-ffnvcodec --enable-cuda --enable-cuda-sdk\n.......\nNov 06 05:20:27.485 INFO Enabling profile, profile: AacTranscodeProfile\nNov 06 05:20:27.485 INFO Enabling profile, profile: H264TranscodeProfile\nNov 06 05:20:27.485 INFO Enabling profile, profile: H264TransmuxProfile\nNov 06 05:20:27.485 INFO Enabling profile, profile: RawVideoTranscodeProfile\nNov 06 05:20:27.485 INFO Enabling profile, profile: WebvttTranscodeProfile\nNov 06 05:20:27.485 INFO Enabling profile, profile: CudaTranscodeProfile\nNov 06 05:20:27.485 WARN Disabling profile, profile: VaapiTranscodeProfile, reason: Profile not supported Device <null_device> doesnt support profile VAProfileH264ConstrainedBaseline (Supported profiles: )\n........<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nThat is it, you are set to access the Dim Web UI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Method 2 – Run Dim self-hosted Media Manager using Docker.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
This method is used for those who want to avoid the task of running all the required dependency packages but instead want to run Dim as a Docker container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This method is also easy as it doesn’t involve tiring steps. First, you need to have docker and docker-compose installed on your system with the aid of the guide below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- How To Install Docker CE on Linux Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
After docker installation add your user to docker group:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER\nnewgrp docker<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nWith docker installed, proceed and run Dim self-hosted Media Manager using Docker as below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
docker run -d -p 8000:8000\/tcp --mount type=bind,source=\/media,target=\/media vgarleanu\/dim:latest<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nSeveral images will be pulled as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unable to find image 'vgarleanu\/dim:latest' locally\nlatest: Pulling from vgarleanu\/dim\n80d63867ecd7: Already exists \n59e5b688585c: Pull complete \n36f8009159f9: Pull complete \ne25c2edc91aa: Pull complete \nd4cb28e07db3: Pull complete \nDigest: sha256:5cef4fee712b25fc2e80032b3ef494e013cdcd15358bfda2473d41aa1e9ee086\nStatus: Downloaded newer image for vgarleanu\/dim:latest\n4477be5b340d3a57a39197b5e284ac382d7e62f75ec8ff785ca55005a4b3d83d\ndocker: Error response from daemon: driver failed programming external connectivity on endpoint interesting_kare (d03f4b9ad679f8987c954c1236eade9111e9e009dd2d0<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nOnce complete, verify if the container is running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$ docker ps<\/span>\nCONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES\nc6218d977185 vgarleanu\/dim:latest \"\/opt\/dim\/dim\" 13 seconds ago Up 12 seconds<\/span><\/strong> 0.0.0.0:8000->8000\/tcp, :::8000->8000\/tcp clever_feistel<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nThis container can be stopped using the command:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
docker stop <CONTAINER ID><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nThat is it! Proceed and access the Dim Web UI as below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Access Dim self-hosted Media Manager Web UI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Now that you have installed Dim with one of the above methods that best work for you, proceed and access the Web UI. But before this, you need to allow the port 8000 through the firewall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- For those using Firewalld.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
sudo firewall-cmd --zone=public --permanent --add-port=8000\/tcp\nsudo firewall-cmd --reload<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n- \n
- For those using UFW.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
sudo ufw allow 8000<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nAccess the Dim Web UI using the URL http:\/\/IP_Address:8000<\/a> or http:\/\/hostname:8000<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nClick create a new account <\/strong>and proceed as below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow you will be redirected to the Dim dashboard as below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAdd the media you want to appear on the Dim self-hosted media manager by clicking add library<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNow your added media will appear on the dashboard and can be accessed from everywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
That marks the end of this guide on how to configure self-hosted media manager using Dim. I hope this guide was valuable to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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