This will allow you to

• serve files through the XBMC UPnP Library to your UPnP client/players (such as Xbmc or Chromecast).
• Web access every time , or use with some tools like htpc-manager
• Trigger library scan When you want or from sickbeard/sickrage/couchpotato/...

Docker is used to compile and run the latest headless version of KODI on ubuntu LTS

• Docker (Follow the installation instructions)

1. Prepare a full kodi profile with the GUI version then take the ~/.kodi

    $ cp -r ~/.kodi ~/kodi-server-profile
   

2. Use prebuild docker image (see here)

For the last stable version,

    $ docker pull celedhrim/kodi-server

For a specific version,

    $ docker pull celedhrim/kodi-server:branchname

3. Run the image ( change the /path/to/kodi-server-profile)

    $ docker run -d --restart="always" --net=host -v /path/to/kodi-server-profile:/opt/kodi-server/share/kodi/portable_data celedhrim/kodi-server
   

   or if use specific branch

    $ docker run -d --restart="always" --net=host -v /path/to/kodi-server-profile:/opt/kodi-server/share/kodi/portable_data celedhrim/kodi-server:branchname
   

$ git clone https://github.com/Celedhrim/docker-kodi-server.git
$ git checkout branchname
$ docker build --rm=true -t $(whoami)/kodi-server .

Then proceed with the Quick start section.