Install Red5 1.0.1 on CentOS release 6.5 (Final) 64-Bit

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1. Install Java

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

2. Install Ant

# cd /usr/local/src
# wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.8.2-bin.tar.gz
# tar zxvf apache-ant-1.8.2-bin.tar.gz
# mv apache-ant-1.8.2 /usr/local/ant

3. Export path 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

Also add these lines in /etc/bashrc at last to available every-time logged in to SSH

# 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

4. Install RED5 Server

# cd /usr/local/src
# wget http://fossies.org/linux/privat/red5-1.0.1.tar.gz
# tar zxvf red5-1.0.1.tar.gz
# mv /usr/local/src/red5-server-1.0 /usr/local/red5

5. Create a service for Red5 to start and stop

# wget -O /etc/init.d/red5 http://www.sohailriaz.com/downloads/red5.txt
# chmod +x /etc/init.d/red5

6. Allow port 5080 and 1935 to your server firewall

# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp –dport 5080 -j ACCEPT
# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp –dport 1935 -j ACCEPT

make sure you have double hyphen no space (- -) in dport option

OR allow from WHM

port-firewall-whm

7. Red5 Server Command

# /etc/init.d/red5 start
# /etc/init.d/red5 stop
# /etc/init.d/red5 status

# netstat -anp | grep 5080
# ps aux | grep red5

http://yourserver.com:5080/

Go to http://yourserver.com:5080/demos/ofla_demo.html to test Red5 Server Videos over RTMP

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