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This is a simple guide on getting subsonic up and running on FreeBSD 9.

Prepare the Environment¶

• Before installation of the components, make sure everything is up to date using the following command:
  

  pkg update && pkg upgrade
  

Install Subsonic¶

• Install the subsonic-standalone package:
  

  pkg install subsonic-standalone
  

• Start and enable subsonic at boot:
  

  echo 'subsonic_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
  service subsonic start
  

• Now open a web browser and go to http://subsonic.example.com:4040

Install SSL¶

• Install openssl and zip:
  

  pkg install openssl zip
  

• Generate a strong SSL key and a CSR to send for signing by a CA:
  

  cd /usr/local/etc
  openssl req -sha512 -out subsonic.example.com.csr -new -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -keyout subsonic.example.com.key
  

• Combine the SSL key, certificate, and CA intermediate certificate files together into a subsonic-bundle.crt file:
  

  cat subsonic.example.com.key subsonic.example.com.crt startcom.class1.bundle > subsonic-bundle.crt
  

• Next convert it to a format Subsonic understands:
  

  openssl pkcs12 -in subsonic-bundle.crt -export -out subsonic-bundle.pkcs12
  

  • When prompted enter subsonic as export password.

• Now you should have a subsonic-bundle.pkcs12 file, we need to import this into a keystore for Subsonic to use:
  

  keytool -importkeystore -srckeystore subsonic-bundle.pkcs12 -destkeystore subsonic.keystore -srcstoretype PKCS12 -srcstorepass subsonic -srcalias 1 -destalias subsonic
  

  • When prompted enter subsonic as the password.

• Finally we need to put the keystore into the file Subsonic uses to boot:
  

  zip /usr/local/subsonic-standalone/subsonic-booter-jar-with-dependencies.jar subsonic.keystore
  

• Now set the subsonic_https_port in the rc.conf file and restart subsonic:
  

  echo 'subsonic_https_port="4443"' >> /etc/rc.conf
  service subsonic restart
  

Resources¶

• http://www.subsonic.org/pages/installation.jsp#standalone
• http://www.richgrundy.com/blog/setting-up-ssl-cert-for-subsonic/