Owncast is a self-hosted live streaming platform. It can be used for various purposes, such as hosting events, podcasts, or anything you want to broadcast live. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Owncast on MXLinux Latest.
Before you start, you need to have the following:
To install Owncast on MXLinux Latest, you need to log in to your machine using SSH. Open up your preferred terminal application and connect to your machine by typing the following command:
ssh user@your_machine_ip
Make sure to replace user and your_machine_ip with your actual username and server IP address.
Owncast requires Docker and Docker Compose to be installed on your machine. To install Docker, run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install docker.io
Once Docker is installed, you can also install Docker Compose with the following command:
sudo apt-get install docker-compose
Next, you need to clone the Owncast repository from Github. You can do this by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/owncast/owncast.git
This will create a directory called owncast in your current working directory.
Once you've cloned the Owncast repository, you need to configure it. Navigate to the owncast directory by typing the following command:
cd owncast
Inside the owncast directory, you will find a file called .env.example. This file contains all the required environment variables for Owncast. You can copy this file to create your own .env file:
cp .env.example .env
Next, open the .env file in your preferred text editor and set the following values:
OWNCAST_HTTP_PORT=8080
OWNCAST_VIDEO_WIDTH=1920
OWNCAST_VIDEO_HEIGHT=1080
OWNCAST_VIDEO_BITRATE_1080P=4000
OWNCAST_NAME=your-stream-name
OWNCAST_STREAM_TITLE=your-stream-title
OWNCAST_STREAM_KEY=your-stream-key
OWNCAST_ADMIN_USERNAME=admin
OWNCAST_ADMIN_PASSWORD=password
OWNCAST_DOMAIN=your-domain-name-or-subdomain
OWNCAST_LOG_LEVEL=info
Make sure to replace your-stream-name, your-stream-title, your-stream-key, admin, password, and your-domain-name-or-subdomain with your actual values.
Finally, you can start Owncast by running the following command:
sudo docker-compose up -d
This will start Owncast in detached mode and bind the configured port to the host.
Once Owncast is up and running, you can access it by navigating to http://your-domain-name-or-subdomain:8080 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Owncast on MXLinux Latest. Now you can start streaming live content to your audience.
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