Red5 is an open source video sream server appllication which helps you to stream your video content across the web. Inorder to install and run red5, you need the java platform installed on your system. Using apache-ant or eclipse we can build and install Red5. Here apache-ant  method is described.

1)Using Apache-ant

a)install jdk 1.6 or higher and its curresponding deveopment package.

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

b)Install apache-ant

To build the red5 binary from source we need apache-ant. So install it.

#cd /usr/src

#wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.8.0-bin.tar.bz2

#tar -xjf apache-ant-1.8.0-bin.tar.bz2

#mv apache-ant-1.8.0 /usr/local/ant

c)Set the enviroment variables for java, ant and java class path

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

If you want this to be avilable for all users, append these lines to the file /etc/bashrc

d)Now Install subversion to downlaod the svn version from the googlecode.

#yum install subversion

e)Download and Install Red5

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

#mv red5 /usr/local

#cd /usr/local/red5

#ant prepare

#ant build

Note: If you are building on CentOS 5.4 use “#ant dist” command instead of “#ant build”

This will take some time. So please be patient.

Finally you will see a line “Build successful” .That means your red5 installation is complete. Now copy the conf directory from dist/ to the current directory and now test your installation by runnig the script

#cp -r dist/conf .
#./red5.sh

Your Installation is ok if it shows “Installer service created” in the last. Now press ctrl+c to quit the process and go for the init script

f)Init Script

#vi /etc/init.d/red5

copy the following code to it.

#!/bin/bash
 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/red5RETVAL=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

 

g)Start the service and test your server

#/etc/init.d/red5 start

Now you can open your browser enter http://[your_ip]:5080 and see your sever working. You can install the sample applications and view the demos.

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