CyTube is a web-based streaming platform designed to facilitate synchronous group watching of videos. In this tutorial, we will discuss the step-by-step process of installing CyTube on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before starting the installation process, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
Follow these steps to install CyTube on Alpine Linux Latest:
Step 1: Install Node.js
Open the terminal window on your server and run the following command to install Node.js:
apk add nodejs
Step 2: Install PM2
PM2 is a process manager that allows you to keep your application running even if the server crashes. Run the following command to install PM2:
npm install pm2 -g
Step 3: Clone CyTube
Clone the CyTube repository from GitHub by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/calzoneman/sync.git
Step 4: Install dependencies
Navigate into the cloned directory and run the following command to install the dependencies:
cd sync
npm install
Step 5: Configure CyTube
Create a copy of the default configuration file and make changes as per your requirement by running the following command:
cp config_example.json config.json
nano config.json
Step 6: Start CyTube
Start the CyTube server by running the following command:
pm2 start app.js --name="cytube"
Step 7: Access CyTube
Access the web interface of CyTube by opening your web browser and entering the IP-address of your server followed by the port-number (usually 8080) in the address bar.
http://server-ip:8080/
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured CyTube on Alpine Linux Latest.
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