Gerbera is a UPnP media server which allows you to stream your digital media through your home network and consume it on a variety of UPnP compatible devices.
For general help on using Gerbera, head over to our documentation online at docs.gerbera.io.
- amd64
- armv7
- arm64
Port 49494/tcp
(HTTP, also set as gerbera port via command line) and 1900/udp
(SSDP Multicast) are exposed by default.
UPnP relies on having clients and servers able to communicate via IP Multicast. The default docker bridge network setup does not support multicast. The easiest way to achieve this is to use "host networking". Connecting Gerbera to your network via the "macvlan" driver should work, but remember you will not be able to access the container from the docker host with this method by default.
Transcoding tools are made available in a separate image with the -transcoding
suffix.
e.g. gerbera/gerbera:2.3.0-transcoding
. Includes tools such as ffmpeg and vlc.
$ docker run \
--name some-gerbera \
--network=host \
-v /some/files:/mnt/content:ro \
gerbera/gerbera:2.3.0
or for those that prefer docker-compose:
---
version: "2.3"
services:
gerbera:
image: gerbera/gerbera
container_name: gerbera
network_mode: host
volumes:
- gerbera-config:/var/run/gerbera
- /some/files:/mnt/content:ro
volumes:
gerbera-config:
external: false
The directory /mnt/content
is automatically scanned for content by default.
Host networking enables us to bypass issues with broadcast across docker bridges.
You may place custom JavaScript files in the directory /mnt/customization/js
.
Every time Gerbera creates /var/run/gerbera/config.xml
, the shell script
/mnt/customization/shell/gerbera_config.sh
(if existing) will be executed.
$ docker run \
--name another-gerbera \
--network=host \
-v /some/files:/mnt/content:ro \
-v /some/path/config.xml:/var/run/gerbera/config.xml \
gerbera/gerbera:2.3.0
In cases (e.g. running multiple gerbera containers with different versions) you can override the exported ports
$ docker run \
--name another-gerbera \
--network=host \
--expose <your-port>:<your-port> \
-v /some/files:/mnt/content:ro \
gerbera/gerbera:2.3.0 gerbera --port <your-port> --config /var/run/gerbera/config.xml