Process for installing a Red5 Flash Media server in a VPS or Dedicated environment.
Install Subversion and Java
yum -y install java-1.6.0-openjdk java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel
yum -y install subversion
Install Ant
cd /opt
wget http://mirrors.kahuki.com/apache/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.8.1-bin.tar.bz2
tar jxvf apache-ant-1.8.1-bin.tar.bz2
mv apache-ant-1.8.1 ant
ln -s /opt/ant/bin/ant /usr/bin/ant
Result: /opt/ant
Export some variables and add to bashrc:
export ANT_HOME=/opt/ant
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java
export PATH=$PATH:/opt/ant/bin
export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib/classes.zip
echo 'export ANT_HOME=/opt/ant' >> /etc/bashrc
echo 'export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java' >> /etc/bashrc
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/ant/bin' >> /etc/bashrc
echo 'export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib/classes.zip' >> /etc/bashrc
Install Red5:
cd /opt
svn co http://red5.googlecode.com/svn/java/server/trunk red5
cd red5
ant prepare
ant dist
Create an init script
By default you have to use red5′s inherent scripts to start/stop, which can be a bit annoying. Create a file called /etc/init.d/red5 and past int he following:
#!/bin/sh
# For RedHat servers
# description: Red5 flash media server
# processname: red5
PROG=red5
RED5_HOME=/opt/red5
DAEMON=$RED5_HOME/$PROG.sh
PIDFILE=/var/run/$PROG.pid
# Source function library
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
[ -r /etc/sysconfig/red5 ] && . /etc/sysconfig/red5
RETVAL=0
case "$1" in
start)
echo -n $"Starting $PROG: "
cd $RED5_HOME
$DAEMON >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &
RETVAL=$?
if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
echo $! > $PIDFILE
touch /var/lock/subsys/$PROG
fi
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success $"$PROG startup" || failure $"$PROG startup"
echo
;;
stop)
echo -n $"Shutting down $PROG: "
killproc -p $PIDFILE
RETVAL=$?
echo
[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$PROG
;;
restart)
$0 stop
$0 start
;;
status)
status $PROG -p $PIDFILE
RETVAL=$?
;;
*)
echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
RETVAL=1
esac
exit $RETVAL
*Note that WordPress has a strange way of outputting double quotes, so make sure you address those in the script!
Now, chmod 755 /etc/init.d/red5 and run:
chkconfig red5 on
This will run Red5 on startup. With the init script, you can now start, stop, and restart red5 as needed, ex:
service red5 restart
red5 should now run port 5080 and rtmp service on port 1935. You may need to open these ports in your server’s firewall.
Test:
http://hostname:5080/demos/port_tester.swf
