dbarton/jdownloader repository overview

⁠About

This is a Docker image for JDownloader⁠ - the open-source download manager.

The Docker image currently supports:

• running JDownloader under its own user (not root)
• running JDownloader in headless (non-GUI) mode
• changing of the UID and GID for the JDownloader user

⁠Run

⁠Run via Docker CLI client

To run the JDownloader container you can execute:

docker run --name jdownloader -v <cfg path>:/jdownloader/cfg -v <media path>:/media dbarton/jdownloader

⁠Run via Docker Compose

You can also run the JDownloader container by using Docker Compose⁠.

If you've cloned the git repository⁠ you can build and run the Docker container locally (without the Docker Hub):

docker-compose up -d

If you want to use the Docker Hub image within your existing Docker Compose file you can use the following YAML snippet:

jdownloader:
    image: "dbarton/jdownloader"
    container_name: "jdownloader"
    volumes:
        - "<cfg path>:/jdownloader/cfg"
        - "<media path>:/media"
    restart: always

⁠Configuration

⁠Volumes

Please mount the following volumes inside your JDownloader container:

• /jdownloader/cfg: Holds all the JDownloader configuration files
• /media: Directory for downloaded media

⁠Configuration files

The JDownloader configuration files are located on /jdownloader/cfg, respectively your mounted directory on the host.

IMPORTANT: It is recommended that you setup the [My JDownloader credentials](#My JDownloader credentials), so that you can easily configure your JDownloader settings via the My JDownloader WebUI⁠

⁠My JDownloader credentials

If you want to use the My JDownloader WebUI⁠, you've to configure your credentials in the /jdownloader/cfg/org.jdownloader.api.myjdownloader.MyJDownloaderSettings.json configuration file. Here's an example content:

{
  "autoconnectenabledv2" : true,
  "email" : "[email protected]",
  "password" : "your_secret_password"
}

⁠Downloader directory

To change the download directory, you've to edit the file /jdownloader/cfg/org.jdownloader.settings.GeneralSettings.json and add the following setting:

"defaultdownloadfolder" : "/media"

⁠UID and GID

By default JDownloader runs with user ID and group ID 666. If you want to run JDownloader with different ID's you've to set the JDOWNLOADER_UID and/or JDOWNLOADER_GID environment variables, for example:

JDOWNLOADER_UID=1234
JDOWNLOADER_GID=1234