Installing Red5 on cPanel / WHM (CentOS) servers

Install Red5 on cPanel

How to install Red5 on cPanel (WHM) server?

This short description will work on most Linux CentOS servers (most cPanel/WHM, VPS or dedicated). If you have a shared hosting account, please contact your server administrator to install Red5.
*to run the commands below, you will need SSH access and you might need a client to connect (PuTTy or similar).

We’ll describe the installation using two different (almost similar methods). If one of the steps fails on your server, scroll down and try the alternative.

INSTALL JAVA

yum -y install java-1.6.0-openjdk java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel

Alternatively, Install a RPM (WHM)

java-1.6.0-openjdk
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel

Install Java for Red5 using WHM

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INSTALL ANT

cd /root/tmp
wget http://mirrors.kahuki.com/apache/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.8.0-bin.tar.bz2
tar jxvf apache-ant-1.8.0-bin.tar.bz2
mv apache-ant-1.8.0 /usr/local/ant

EXPORT VARIABLES FOR ANT AND JAVA

export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/ant/bin
export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib/classes.zip

echo 'export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant' >> /etc/bashrc
echo 'export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java' >> /etc/bashrc
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/ant/bin' >> /etc/bashrc
echo 'export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib/classes.zip' >> /etc/bashrc

INSTALL SVN

yum install perl-URI

yum install subversion
Install Java, ANT and Subversion for Red5

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If you get an error when installing SVN, usually: Error: Missing Dependency: perl(URI) >= 1.17 is needed by …

wget http://yum.trixbox.org/centos/5/RPMS/perl-URI-1.35-3.noarch.rpm
rpm -i perl-URI-1.35-3.noarch.rpm

*this will install perl URI and you can go with yum install subversion

Alternatively, Install a RPM (WHM)

INSTALL RED5

svn checkout http://red5.googlecode.com/svn/java/server/trunk/ red5

*or ignore the above and consider the more stable:

svn co http://red5.googlecode.com/svn/java/server/tags/0_8_0/ red5
mv red5 /usr/local/
cd /usr/local/red5

ant prepare
ant dist
cp -r dist/conf .

START RED5

./red5.sh
Install and start Red5

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CREATE INIT FILE

vi /etc/init.d/red5

*create the file and paste the script below than save and close by pressing ESC than typing :wq

Insert Red5 init script

    #!/bin/sh
    # Startup script for Red5 flash streaming server on RedHat/CentOS (cPanel)
    # chkconfig: 2345 95 55
    # description:  Red5 Flash Streaming Server
    # processname: red5

    PROG=red5
    RED5_HOME=/usr/local/red5
    DAEMON=$RED5_HOME/$PROG.sh
    PIDFILE=/var/run/$PROG.pid

    # Source function library
    . /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

    [ -r /etc/sysconfig/red5 ] && . /etc/sysconfig/red5

    RETVAL=0

    case "$1" in
    start)
    echo -n $"Starting $PROG: "
    cd $RED5_HOME
    $DAEMON >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &
    RETVAL=$?
    if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
    echo $! > $PIDFILE
    touch /var/lock/subsys/$PROG

    fi
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success $"$PROG startup" || failure $"$PROG startup"
    echo
    ;;
    stop)
    echo -n $"Shutting down $PROG: "
    killproc -p $PIDFILE
    RETVAL=$?
    echo
    [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$PROG
    ;;
    restart)
    $0 stop
    $0 start
    ;;
    status)
    status $PROG -p $PIDFILE
    RETVAL=$?
    ;;
    *)
    echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
    RETVAL=1
    esac

    exit $RETVAL

Make it executable

chmod a+x /etc/init.d/red5

*usage: /etc/init.d/red5 restart (or start, stop)

Create init script to start/stop/restart Red5

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start, stop, restart Red5

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RED5

Red5

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RED5 ADMIN

http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:5080/installer/ (and install admin)

Red5 Installer

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http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:5080/admin/register.html (add user/pass)
Register Red5 admin

Register admin username & password


http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:5080/admin/
Log in to Red5 admin

Log in to Red5 admin


Red5 admin

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INSTALL JABBERCAM APPLICATION

cd /root/tmp
wget http://www.chatroulette-clone.com/downloads/java/app/2.8/ChatrouletteApp.zip
unzip ChatrouletteApp.zip
mv ChatrouletteApp /usr/local/red5/webapps
/etc/init.d/red5 restart

*some custom CRC versions may need the JabberCamApp (refer to your README.txt file)

http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:5080/admin/ and you should see ChatrouletteApp or JabberCamApp in the list

TROUBLESHOOT RED5

http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:5080/demos/port_tester.html
* when testing ports, use server IP not localhost
Make these ports accept connections: 1935, 1936, 5080, 8088

RESTART RED5

If you have the init script created (start, stop and restart):

/etc/init.d/red5 start
/etc/init.d/red5 stop
/etc/init.d/red5 restart

Without init script (go to red5 folder first):

cd /urs/local/red5
./red5-shutdown.sh

Check if it is running:

ps aux | grep red5

* if you see it is running (you see a process: user ID ….), stop the process: kill ID
To stop all java processes (as root):

killall -q -u root java

RED5 LARGE LOG FILE

/usr/local/red5/log/red5.log is getting too big

Solution: add an appender to /usr/local/red5/conf/logback.xml (MaxHistory 11 days and MaxFileSize 100MB here. You may change it)

<appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
	<File>log/red5.log</File>
	<Append>false</Append>
	<rollingPolicy class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.TimeBasedRollingPolicy">
		<FileNamePattern>log/red5.%d{yyyy-MM-dd}.log</FileNamePattern>
		<MaxHistory>11</MaxHistory>
    	</rollingPolicy>
	<Encoding>UTF-8</Encoding>
	<BufferedIO>false</BufferedIO>
	<ImmediateFlush>true</ImmediateFlush>
	<layout class="ch.qos.logback.classic.PatternLayout">
		<Pattern>%d{ISO8601} [%thread] %-5level %logger{35} - %msg%n</Pattern>
	</layout>
	<triggeringPolicy>
		<MaxFileSize>100MB</MaxFileSize>
	</triggeringPolicy>
</appender>

You can also separate Red5 logs using a Threshold Filter:

<appender name="FILE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.rolling.RollingFileAppender">
	<File>log/red5errors.log</File>
	<Append>false</Append>
	<filter>
		<level>WARN</level>
	</filter>
	...
</appender>

Installing Red5 on cPanel / WHM (CentOS) servers

Install Red5 on cPanel

How to install Red5 on cPanel (WHM) server?

Second, similar method

Preparing installation

yum install rpm-build redhat-rpm-config
uname -am

*to make sure we have everything necessary to install the rpm
*if uname result is i686_64 than you have 64 bit system
*allow ports required by Red5: 5080, 1935, 1936, 8088 and 3690 for svn

Installing JAVA

Download JDK for Linux to your temp folder: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

cd /usr/src
wget http://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/VerifyItem-Start/jdk-6u20-linux-i586-rpm.bin?BundledLineItemUUID=rytIBe.lNB8AAAEofmwAhiZ7&OrderID=fKpIBe.lTGwAAAEocWwAhiZ7&ProductID=guBIBe.oc_wAAAEnaDJHqPYe&FileName=/jdk-6u20-linux-i586-rpm.bin
mv jdk-.... jdk-6u20-linux-i586-rpm.bi

*download JDK (not JRE) >> Select Linux (or Linux x64) >> Java SE Development Kit 6u20 (jdk-6u20-linux-i586-rpm.bin)

Make the downloaded file executable and execute the command to start installation:

su
chmod a+x jdk-6u20-linux-i586-rpm.bin
./jdk-6u20-linux-i586-rpm.bin

*su changes the user to super user (ex. root) to be able to install the rpm
*Press ENTER (–More–) and accept the terms

Check if latest Java version is used:

java –version

*make sure to change shortcuts if you had previous Java installations so they point to the latest one

Installing ANT

Download Ant from http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi

wget http://ftp.wayne.edu/apache/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.8.0-bin.tar.gz
tar zxvf apache-ant-1.8.0-bin.tar.gz
mv apache-ant-1.8.0 /usr/local/ant

*unzip and move to ant path: /usr/local/ant

ant -version

*if there is an error: “Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly. We cannot execute /usr/local/jdk/bin/java”

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/latest/

Configuring environment variable:

export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant
ln -s /usr/local/ant/bin/ant /usr/local/bin/ant

Installing SVN

yum install subversion

Installing Red5

Download Red5 from http://red5.googlecode.com/svn/java/server/tags/

svn co http://red5.googlecode.com/svn/java/server/tags/0_8_0/ red5

Build Red5:

cd /opt/red5
ant prepare
ant dist

Start Red5:

./red5.sh &

*check if Red5 is running, access http://YOUR-IP:5080/

Finally:
Install admin: http://YOUR-IP:5080/installer/
Add user: http://your-server:5080/admin/register.html

NOTE: This is a short (informative) description, based on own experience and 3rd party descriptions. This summary might not be enough to start your Red5 installation or to install on non default configured servers. If you encounter problems or errors, please refer to our sub-forum: http://www.chatroulettemarket.com/forum/forum-7.html

 

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