Install Wowza Media Server for Google Compute Engine

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First you need to install Google Cloud platform command-line tools https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/gcutil

$ wget https://code.google.com/p/google-compute-engine-tools/downloads/detail?name=gcutil-1.9.0.tar.gz
$ sudo apt-get install unzip

$ export PATH=${PATH}:$HOME/gcutil-1.9.1
$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/share/gcutil-1.9.1/gcutil /usr/local/bin/gcutil

Then make sure you have Ports used for Wowza streaming
http://www.wowza.com/forums/content.php?217#openPorts

TCP 1935: RTMP (all variants)
TCP 8084-8085: JMX/JConsole monitoring and administration
TCP 8086: HTTP administration
TCP 80: Apple HTTP Live Streaming (Apple HLS), Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming (Adobe HDS), Microsoft Smooth Streaming, MPEG-DASH streaming, RTMPT
TCP 443: RTMPS, HTTPS
TCP 554: RTSP

$ gcutil addfirewall red5 –description=”Let open port 5080.” –allowed=”tcp:5080″
$ gcutil addfirewall rtsp –description=”Let open 554 rtmp port.” –allowed=”tcp:554″
$ gcutil addfirewall rtmp –description=”Let open 1935 rtmp port.” –allowed=”tcp:1935″
$ gcutil addfirewall http2 –description=”Let open port 5080.” –allowed=”tcp:8086″
$ gcutil getfirewall

Check Java Version or Install

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install java-package
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre

Now read Install Wowza Examples

Download Wowza and install examples

$ wget http://www.wowza.com/downloads/WowzaMediaServer-3-6-2/WowzaMediaServer-3.6.2.deb.bin
$ chmod +x WowzaMediaServer-3.6.2.deb.bin
$ ./WowzaMediaServer-3.6.2.deb.bin
$ cd /usr/local/WowzaMediaServer/bin
$ sudo ./startup.sh
$ cd /usr/local/WowzaMediaServer-3.6.2/examples
$ sudo chmod +x installall.sh
$ sudo ./installall.sh

$ sudo service WowzaMediaServer start

Please check Wowza Forum for more help…
http://www.wowza.com/forums/content.php?560-How-to-set-up-Wowza-for-Google-Compute-Engine

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