How to Setup Red5 Media Server on CentOS/RHEL 7/6/5

Red5 Media Server is a powerful media streaming server worked on RTMP protocal. Red5 is an open and extensible platform, which can be used in Video Conferencing or Network gaming.

This article will help you to install Red5 media server on CentOS and RHEL Systems.

Step 1 – Install Java

You may skip this steps if you have already installed java on your system else use below link to install latest java version.

Install Java 8 on CentOS/RHEL 7/6/5

Also, make sure the set JAVA_HOME environment variable on your system. You can set the JAVA_HOME using the command. Change the directory path for your installed Java version

echo 'export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.8.0_151' >> /etc/bashrc
source /etc/bashrc

Step 2 – Download and Extract Red5

Use this link to find latest version of Red5 or use following commands to download red5 1.0.1. Also extract them.

cd /opt/
wget https://github.com/Red5/red5-server/releases/download/v1.0.9-RELEASE/red5-server-1.0.9-RELEASE.tar.gz
tar xzf red5-server-1.0.9-RELEASE.tar.gz

Step 3 – Start Red5 Server

After extracting downloaded archive, lets start Red5 using shell script red5.sh available in directory.

cd /opt/red5-server/
./red5.sh &

Step 4 – Access Red5 Web Interface

Red5 demo pages and application can be accessed on port 5080 like http://fqdn:5080/

URL:   http://192.168.1.105:5080

Step 5 – Install Demo Apps

Open the following URL in your web browser to get demo apps install screen. Change IP to your system IP or fqdn.

http://192.168.1.105:5080/installer/

Step 6 – Access Demo Apps in Red5

Open the following URL in your web browser to get access demo apps page. Change IP to your system IP or fqdn.

http://192.168.1.105:5080/demos/

References:
http://www.red5.org/