MiroTalk SFU is a free and open-source Selective Forwarding Unit (SFU) that enables real-time communication between users in a WebRTC environment. Here's a step-by-step tutorial on how to install MiroTalk SFU on macOS.
Before installing MiroTalk SFU, make sure you have the following prerequisites installed on your macOS system:
You can check whether these prerequisites are installed by running the following commands in your macOS terminal:
docker --version
git --version
node --version
npm --version
If any of these commands return an error or a version number that is not the latest, you need to install or update the prerequisite accordingly.
To install MiroTalk SFU on macOS, follow these steps:
Open your terminal and clone the MiroTalk SFU source code from GitHub by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/mirotalk/mirotalk-sfu.git
Navigate to the cloned directory by running the following command:
cd mirotalk-sfu
Install the dependencies by running the following command:
npm install
Build the Docker image by running the following command:
docker build -t mirotalk-sfu .
Start the Docker container by running the following command:
docker run -p 8080:8080 -e SECRET=<your_secret_key> mirotalk-sfu
Replace <your_secret_key> with your own secret key, which can be any string value. This secret key is used to authenticate clients that connect to MiroTalk SFU.
You can now access the MiroTalk SFU console by opening your web browser and navigating to the following URL:
http://localhost:8080/console/
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MiroTalk SFU on your macOS system. You can now use this SFU to enable real-time communication between users in a WebRTC environment.
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