owntone-server/docs/advanced/multiple-instances.md

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# Running Multiple Instances
To run multiple instances of OwnTone on a server, you should copy
`/etc/owntone.conf` to `/etc/owntone-zone.conf` (for each `zone`) and
modify the following to be unique across all instances:
* the three port settings (`general` -> `websocket_port`,
`library` -> `port`, and `mpd` -> `port`)
* the database paths (`general` -> `db_path`, `db_backup_path`, and `db_cache_path`)
* the service name (`library` -> `name`).
* you probably also want to disable local output (set `audio` -> `type =
"disabled"`).
Then run `owntone -c /etc/owntone-zone.conf` to run owntone with the new
zone configuration.
OwnTone has a `systemd` template which lets you run this automatically
on systems that use systemd. You can start or enable the service for
a `zone` by `sudo systemctl start owntone@zone` and check that it is
running with `sudo systemctl status owntone@zone`. Use `sudo
systemctl enable owntone@zone` to get the service to start on reboot.