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JDownloader

JDownloader is a download client that makes downloading from direct links a breeze.

There is no official image for this service, so we'll use jlesage/jdownloader-2.

Pre-Installation

We'll create a folder in the main user's home where all the service's data will be saved.

mkdir ~/services/downloads/jdownloader

External Network

Since this service needs to interoperate with another one, we'll need to have them inside the same network. Make sure to have created the downloads_external network before defining the docker-compose.yml file. If you haven't created this network, you can do so with:

docker network create downloads_external

Docker Compose

JDownloader will be run using Docker Compose. The content of the docker-compose.yml file is as follows:

services:
  web:
    image: jlesage/jdownloader-2:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      default:
      downloads_external:
      proxy_external:
        aliases:
          - jdownloader
    ports:
      - 3129:3129
    volumes:
      - ./config:/config
      - /media/sata_2tb/Downloads:/output
    environment:
      TZ: America/Guayaquil
      USER_ID: 1000
      GROUP_ID: 1000
      VNC_PASSWORD: BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD
    labels:
      traefik.enable: true
      traefik.docker.network: proxy_external
      traefik.http.routers.jdownloader.rule: Host(`jdownloader.home.example.com`) || Host(`jdownloader.vpn.example.com`)
      traefik.http.routers.jdownloader.entrypoints: local-https
      traefik.http.routers.jdownloader.tls: true
      traefik.http.routers.jdownloader.tls.certresolver: le
      traefik.http.routers.jdownloader.service: jdownloader@docker
      traefik.http.services.jdownloader.loadbalancer.server.port: 5800

networks:
  downloads_external:
    external: true
  proxy_external:
    external: true

Note

In the case of the USER_ID and GROUP_ID environment variables, 1000 corresponds to the user's UID and GID respectively. You can find the values for your own user by running id $whoami.

Note

Make sure to replace BASIC_AUTH_PASSWORD to something secret of your own choosing.

Reverse Proxy

This service is exposed by a reverse proxy. More specifically, it is using Traefik.

For this reason, you will see that this service has:

  1. A directive to connect it to the proxy_external external network.
  2. A container alias for the proxy_external network.
  3. A number of labels with names starting with traefik.

If you're not using a reverse proxy, feel free to remove these from the docker-compose.yml file. Keep in mind you might need to bind the ports to connect to the service instead.

Running

Start up the service with:

docker compose up -d

That's it! The service will auto-start on system startup and restart on failure.