MistServer is a versatile media streaming solution that can be installed on different platforms, including Ubuntu. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing MistServer on the latest version of Ubuntu Server.
Before installing MistServer, you need to make sure that your Ubuntu Server is up to date with the latest security patches and updates. You also need to have root privileges or sudo access to the server.
MistServer requires a few dependencies to be installed on your system. Run the following command to install them.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake git libssl-dev libboost-all-dev liblog4cplus-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libpcre++-dev
Next, you need to clone MistServer repository to your system. Run the following command to clone the repository.
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/DDVTECH/mistserver.git
This will clone MistServer repository to your home directory.
Now, you can build MistServer from the cloned repository. Run the following commands to build and install MistServer.
cd mistserver
mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..
make -j $(nproc)
sudo make install
This will build and install MistServer on your system.
After you install MistServer, you need to configure it to your needs. You can find the configuration files in the following directory.
/usr/local/etc/mistserver
The main configuration file is "mistserver.conf". You can edit this file to configure MistServer's behavior.
Finally, you can start MistServer using the following command.
sudo service mistserver start
This will start MistServer as a system service. You can also check the status of the service using the following command.
sudo service mistserver status
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install MistServer on the latest version of Ubuntu Server. Now, you have a powerful media streaming solution that you can configure and use to stream your media files over multiple protocols.
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