January 17, 20224 yr Hello, user for many years of Kodi (but new user of docker), the possibilities of the latter are extremely numerous. After using Kodi for a long time on one device, I installed it on several machines, from there I used a centralized database (mariadb, a simple copy of advancesetting, sources, password files works fine) because my media is on my network. Each machine can update the database without problem, no duplication or loss. But on top of that I realized that the updates of the media library had to be done regularly and that it sometimes monopolized a machine just for that. So I searched a bit more and found Kodi Headless which seems dedicated to getting regular media database updates. So I installed a headless Kodi docker (which is currently reachable via the web interface page), but before going any further I still have a few questions to be sure to navigate properly. 1) kodi headless seems to update when requested by other apps (sonar, couch potato, yaste...). Currently only using Yaste I would prefer updates to be launched at predefined times. I use for the moment and for this function an addon (auto library updater from the official Kodi repo) on one of my Kodi machine. Is it possible to install addons in kodi headless (copying the addon directory will allow me to find them in kodi headless as well as their configuration)? 2) using "advanced" configurations for my scrappers there too, would it be possible for me to find these addon configurations by copying the addons and their configuration files into kodi headless? Sorry if this seems like a rookie question and tinkering, and thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
May 17, 20251 yr The last post was sometime ago so I am not sure if this is monitored. But I have Kodi headless running no my Unraid, edited the advancedSettings.xml to point to my Maria DB mysql and gave the proper username and password. But the headless docker will not populate with any data. I though maybe I had to setup a share, but realized there is not share to setup to the Maria DB. What am I missing. All my Kodi installations point to and work from that database through their advancedsettings.xml.
May 17, 20251 yr Oddly, it says among other things, "this image is deprecated. We will not offer support for this image and it will not be updated." Yet I pulled it from the Community and assumed it was current. States no errors. [cont-init.d] 10-adduser: exited 0. [cont-init.d] 30-config: executing... Setting timezone to America/New York... [cont-init.d] 30-config: exited 0. [cont-init.d] 90-custom-folders: executing... [cont-init.d] 90-custom-folders: exited 0. [cont-init.d] 99-custom-scripts: executing... [custom-init] no custom files found exiting... [cont-init.d] 99-custom-scripts: exited 0. [cont-init.d] 99-deprecation: executing... this image is deprecated. We will not offer support for this image and it will not be updated. [cont-init.d] 99-deprecation: exited 0. [cont-init.d] done. [services.d] starting services [services.d] done. Starting Kodi.. That's about it.
May 17, 20251 yr LOL. Well, I click on the Icon in the docker section for the Kodi Headless, in UnRaid, and that is what I get. Do I need to look elsewhere. Sorry, this learning the ropes on several fronts with UnRaid and Dockers.
May 17, 20251 yr We stopped supporting this container 3 years ago: https://info.linuxserver.io/issues/2022-02-24-kodi-headless/ And the fact we don't offer template for this to CA anymore and you've managed to pull it is impressive. This one listed isn't ours.
May 18, 20251 yr The credit goes to UnRaid that it pulled it. But yes, I discovered it is depreciated. BUT, still supported too. https://github.com/matthuisman/docker-kodi-headless But, I have no understanding how to install it in UnRaid or Portainer for that matter.
May 18, 20251 yr I think I understand what you meant. Your supporting the old image that is depreciated, but not the new one I liked to.
May 18, 20251 yr No we aren't supporting our old image either. https://info.linuxserver.io/issues/2022-02-24-kodi-headless/ As per this link I posted: Quote Due to the lack of an active maintainer, we have made the decision to deprecate our kodi-headless image. The image will immediately cease to be supported and will not receive any further updates. Also as you had already noticed, the message about this in the container logs.
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