How to Deploy Navidrome Self-Hosted Music Server on Ubuntu 24.04 with Docker

Navidrome is an open-source, self-hosted music streaming server compatible with Subsonic and Airsonic clients, allowing users to stream their personal music libraries over the web. A technical guide published on DEV Community outlines how to deploy Navidrome on Ubuntu 24.04 using Docker Compose, with Traefik serving as a reverse proxy to handle automatic HTTPS via Let's Encrypt. The setup uses persistent Docker volumes to store both the music library and metadata database, and requires configuring an environment file with domain, timezone, and folder path variables. Once deployed, users can access the server through a browser, create an admin account, and trigger a library scan to begin streaming tracks. The guide also covers adding multiple users, connecting third-party Subsonic-compatible mobile apps, and mounting external or cloud storage for larger music collections.