Owncast is a free, open-source, and self-hosted live streaming platform that allows you to stream from your own server. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Owncast on OpenSUSE Latest.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
First, we need to install some dependencies that Owncast requires. To do that, run the following command:
sudo zypper in -y gcc g++ make pkg-config ffmpeg swig curl
Owncast is built with Go, so we need to install Go on the server. The latest version of Go is available in the OpenSUSE repository, so we can install it using the following command:
sudo zypper in -y go
Now, we need to set up the environment to configure Owncast. Run the following commands:
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin
mkdir -p ~/go/bin
echo "export GOPATH=$HOME/go" >> ~/.bashrc
echo "export PATH=$PATH:$(go env GOPATH)/bin" >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
After setting up the environment, we can now download and install Owncast. We will use git to clone the Owncast repository:
git clone https://github.com/owncast/owncast.git
cd owncast
make
After the installation, we need to configure Owncast. First, we will configure our named endpoint by creating a config file. Run the following commands:
cd ~/owncast
cp config-example.yaml config.yaml
nano config.yaml
In the config.yaml file, update the server section with your domain name and the tls section with your SSL certificate details.
After the configuration, we can now start Owncast:
./owncast
Owncast should now be running on your server. You can verify by visiting https://yourdomain.com in a web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Owncast on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now start streaming and sharing your live events with your audience.
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