In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Owncast on Alpine Linux Latest by utilizing the official Owncast build from GitHub.
Before we start, please ensure that you have the following installed on your system:
First of all, we need to install a few dependencies required by Owncast. Open the terminal and execute the following command:
apk add --no-cache git gcc musl-dev go
Now that we have all necessary dependencies installed, let's clone the Owncast repository from GitHub. You can use the git command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/owncast/owncast.git
Once the repository has been cloned, change into the Owncast directory:
cd owncast
After cloning the repository, we need to build the Owncast binary. Use the following command to build Owncast:
go build
This will create an Owncast binary file in the current directory.
Before we can start Owncast, we need to configure it. You can use the configuration file provided by Owncast or create your own. For the purposes of this tutorial, we will use the provided configuration file:
cp config_example.yaml config.yaml
Once you have copied the example configuration file, you can edit it to suit your needs. In our case, we will use the default configuration.
Now that we have built Owncast and configured it, we can start the server. To do this, execute the following command:
./owncast
Owncast should now be running and listening on port 8080.
In this tutorial, we have installed Owncast on Alpine Linux Latest. Remember to keep your Owncast server up to date by pulling the latest code from the Owncast GitHub repository. Happy streaming!
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