Audiobookshelf Installation via Proxmox VE Helper Scripts

Audiobookshelf is a self-hosted audiobook and podcast server with a web UI and apps. This guide shows how to deploy it in an  LXC container using the  Proxmox VE Helper-Scripts . 

 🧰 Step-by-Step Instructions 

 To create a new Proxmox VE Audiobookshelf LXC, run the command below in the Proxmox VE Shell. 

 bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/audiobookshelf.sh)" 

 Location of config file: /usr/share/audiobookshelf/config 

 This launches an interactive installation wizard for Audiobookshelf . 

 Fill in the Prompts 

 You'll be asked to confirm settings for: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Prompt 

 Recommendation / Example 

 

 

 

 

 Container ID 

 905 (or any available ID) 

 

 

 Hostname 

 e.g. audiobookshelf 

 

 

 Network Bridge 

 vmbr0 (default for most setups) 

 

 

 Static IP Address 

 e.g. 172.30.0.x 

 

 

 Gateway IP 

 e.g. 172.30.0.x 

 

 

 Storage Location 

 e.g. local-lvm 

 

 

 Enable Root SSH Access 

 Optional (yes for remote CLI access) 

 

 

 Media Folder Mount Point 

 Mount your media library or keep the default 

 

 

 

 

 Access Audiobookshelf Web UI 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 http://<your-static-ip>:13378 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer File to the Audiobookshelf server: 

 

 

 

 scp "File path" user@<IP of the server>:/<Media Folder/