Docker JDownloader 2 headless image with automatic updates.

There is no embedded graphical interface, you should manage your downloads through the official JDownloader web interface here : https://my.jdownloader.org.

Dockerhub repository : https://hub.docker.com/r/antlafarge/jdownloader.
Github repository : https://github.com/antlafarge/jdownloader.
You can report issues in the github issues.
You can send feedback and discuss the project in the github discussions.

• openjdk17 ubuntu-openjdk17
• alpine-openjdk17
• openjdk8 ubuntu-openjdk8
• alpine-openjdk8 (use this tag for architectures linux/386 and linux/arm/v6)

services:
  jdownloader:
    image: antlafarge/jdownloader:<TAG>
    container_name: <CONTAINER-NAME> # Optional
    restart: <RESTART> # Optional
    user: <UID>:<GID> # Optional
    volumes:
      - "<DOWNLOADS-PATH>:/jdownloader/downloads/"
      - "<CONFIG-PATH>:/jdownloader/cfg/" # Optional
      - "<LOGS-PATH>:/jdownloader/logs/" # Optional
    environment:
      - "JD_EMAIL=<JD-EMAIL>" # Optional (better to use secrets)
      - "JD_PASSWORD=<JD-PASSWORD>" # Optional (better to use secrets)
      - "JD_DEVICENAME=<JD-DEVICENAME>" # Optional
      - "UMASK=<UMASK>" # Optional
      - "JAVA_OPTIONS=<JAVA-OPTIONS>" # Optional
      - "LOG_FILE=<LOG-FILE>" # Optional
    secrets:
        - JD_EMAIL
        - JD_PASSWORD
        - JD_DEVICENAME # Optional
    ports:
      - "<PORT>:3129" # Optional

secrets:
    JD_EMAIL:
        file: "<JD-EMAIL-FILE>" # Put your myJD email in this file
    JD_PASSWORD:
        file: "<JD-PASSWORD-FILE>" # Put your myJD password in this file
    JD_DEVICENAME: # Optional
        file: "<JD-DEVICENAME-FILE>" # Put your myJD device name in this file

services:
  jdownloader:
    image: antlafarge/jdownloader:latest
    container_name: jdownloader
    restart: on-failure:10
    user: 1000:100
    volumes:
      - "/hdd/JDownloader/downloads/:/jdownloader/downloads/"
      - "/hdd/JDownloader/cfg/:/jdownloader/cfg/"
    secrets:
        - JD_EMAIL
        - JD_PASSWORD
        - JD_DEVICENAME
    ports:
      - "3129:3129"
secrets:
    JD_EMAIL:
        file: "/hdd/JDownloader/secrets/JD_EMAIL.txt"
    JD_PASSWORD:
        file: "/hdd/JDownloader/secrets/JD_PASSWORD.txt"
    JD_DEVICENAME:
        file: "/hdd/JDownloader/secrets/JD_DEVICENAME.txt"

docker run -d \  
        --name <CONTAINER-NAME> \  
        --restart <RESTART> \  
        --user <UID>:<GID> \  
    -v "<DOWNLOADS-PATH>:/jdownloader/downloads/" \  
        -v "<CONFIG-PATH>:/jdownloader/cfg/" \  
        -v "<LOGS-PATH>:/jdownloader/logs/" \  
    -e "JD_EMAIL=<JD-EMAIL>" \  
    -e "JD_PASSWORD=<JD-PASSWORD>" \  
        -e "JD_DEVICENAME=<JD-DEVICENAME>" \  
        -e "JAVA_OPTIONS=<JAVA-OPTIONS>" \  
        -e "LOG_FILE=<LOG-FILE>" \  
        -e "UMASK=<UMASK>" \  
        -p "<PORT>:3129" \  
    antlafarge/jdownloader:<TAG>

docker run -d \
        --name jdownloader \
        --restart on-failure:10 \
        --user 1000:100 \
    -v "/hdd/JDownloader/downloads/:/jdownloader/downloads/" \
        -v "/hdd/JDownloader/cfg/:/jdownloader/cfg/" \
    -e "JD_EMAIL=[email protected]" \
    -e "JD_PASSWORD=MyGreatPassword" \
        -e "JD_DEVICENAME=JD-DOCKER" \
        -p 3129:3129 \
    antlafarge/jdownloader:latest

• Go to my.jdownloader.org and create an account.
• If you want to run the container as an unprivileged user, use the user parameter and check the access permissions of the directories you mount as volumes
  • Create the downloads directory : mkdir /path/to/jdownloader/downloads/
  • Setup the user and group owners : sudo chown -R 1000:100 /path/to/jdownloader/downloads/
    • You can get your User ID (UID) by using : id -u
    • You can get your User Group ID (GID) by using : id -g
      • I recommend to use 100 as GID (users group), because every users should be in this group, and it will be easier to manage multi-users privileges.
  • Setup the downloads directory access permissions : sudo chmod -R 770 /path/to/jdownloader/downloads/
  • Setup the config directory access permissions : sudo chmod -R 770 /path/to/jdownloader/cfg/
  • Setup the secrets directory access permissions : sudo chmod -R 770 /path/to/jdownloader/secrets/
    • Create the secret file for your JD e-mail : echo '[email protected]' > /path/to/jdownloader/secrets/JD_EMAIL.txt
    • Create the secret file for your JD password : echo 'MyGreatPassword' > /path/to/jdownloader/secrets/JD_PASSWORD.txt
    • Create the secret file for your JD device name : echo 'JD-DOCKER' > /path/to/jdownloader/secrets/JD_DEVICENAME.txt
• Run the container by choosing the docker run or docker compose method and customize the parameters by using your myJDownloader credentials.
  • You can check the container logs : docker logs --follow --tail 100 jdownloader (CTRL C to quit)
• Wait some minutes for JDownloader to update and be available in your myJDownloader web interface.

JDownloader will update itself automatically when it is idle (every 12 hours), so you have nothing to do.
To disable the automatic upates, go to your JD instance on my.jdownloader.org, and go to Settings / Event Scripter and switch from Enabled to Disabled.

• Docker compose method :
  • Update the image : docker compose pull jdownloader
  • Recreate the container : docker compose up --force-recreate -d jdownloader
  • Remove the old untagged images : docker image prune -f
• Docker run method :
  • Update the image : docker pull antlafarge/jdownloader:latest
  • Remove the current container : docker rm -f jdownloader
  • Remove the old untagged images : docker image prune -f
  • Start the container : docker run ...

• If you used the docker secrets, just change it in the secrets files and restart your docker container.
• If you started the container by setting the email and password environment variables :
  • You must follow the Update the image guide by setting the new email or password on the final step.

1. If you used the docker secrets, put the raw password in the secret file without escaping any character.

2. If you want to use environment variables, modify your docker run command or docker-compose.yml file :

   • If you have exclamation marks (!) in your password and you use a bash shell, this special character corresponds to commands history substitution. You might need to disable it by using the command set H in your bash shell.
   • If your password contains double quotes ("), escape it with backslashes (\) in the docker run command or docker-compose.yml file. "JD_PASSWORD=My\"Great`Password"
     • If you use the docker run method, also escape backticks (`) with backslashes (\). "JD_PASSWORD=My\"Great\`Password"
   • Start the container.

3. If you want to put your password manually in the settings file :

   • Modify your docker run command or docker-compose.yml file parameters :
     • Set an empty <JD_PASSWORD> (for disabling password replacement on container start). "JD_PASSWORD="
     • Set a <CONFIG-PATH> volume to access the JDownloader settings files.
   • Start the container.
   • Go to your config directory and open the settings file named org.jdownloader.api.myjdownloader.MyJDownloaderSettings.json.
   • Search for the password field and place your password in the empty double quotes. "password":"MyGreatPassword",
   • If your password contains double quotes ("), escape it with backslashes (\). "password":"My\"Great`Password",
   • Save the file and restart the container. docker restart jdownloader

Check the user you use to run the container (with user parameter) can read and write the directories you created and you mounted as volumes.
Read carefully the Setup guide and follow the steps.
Or run the container as root (remove user parameter).

If you run the image on an armhf host (arm/v7), you may encounter many command errors (wait, sleep, curl, date)
This may be resolved by upgrading the libseccomp2 library (docker dependency).
First you should try to upgrade your system by using the usual method.
If this upgrade didn't resolve the problem, add the backports repo for debian buster and update :

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 04EE7237B7D453EC 648ACFD622F3D138  
echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian buster-backports main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/buster-backports.list  
sudo apt update  
sudo apt install -t buster-backports libseccomp2

If many internal commands fail, your container may lack some privileges and you can try the --privileged flag.

You can report issues in the github issues.
You can send feedback and discuss the project in the github discussions.

docker stop jdownloader

docker restart jdownloader

docker logs --follow --tail 100 jdownloader

Note: To access the JDownloader log files, you have to set the <LOGS-PATH> volume.

docker rm -f jdownloader

docker rmi antlafarge/jdownloader:openjdk17

cd /path/to/docker-compose.yml/directory/
docker compose up -d

cd /path/to/docker-compose.yml/directory/
docker compose down