Based on these links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHUPGfgkIgw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD88NZN6N6Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap_ZxQ0voqE&list=PL10Ao–Mok8MgVMkUqsqnnYRoFtL9P81m&index=5
For this I started with creating a Debian 10 droplet on Digital Ocean…
Once the droplet has been created, SSH and WinSCP into the machine as root…
- Remember to update then reboot.
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get dist-upgrade
reboot
2. Download the NGINX package (at time of writing the version was 1.18.0), expand and delete the download.
http://nginx.org/en/download.html
wget http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.18.0.tar.gz
tar -xvf nginx-1.18.0.tar.gz
rm nginx-1.18.0.tar.gz
3. Install git and clone the RTMP module:
https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module
apt-get install git
git clone https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module
4. Change to the NGINX folder and compile.
You will also need a few other installations to make this work…
cd nginx-1.18.0
apt-get install build-essential
apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev libssl-dev
apt-get install zlib1g zlib1g-dev
5. Configure:
http://nginx.org/en/docs/configure.html
./configure --with-http_ssl_module \
--add-module=../nginx-rtmp-module \
--sbin-path=/usr/sbin/nginx \
--conf-path=/etc/nginx/nginx.conf \
--error-log-path=/var/log/nginx/error.log \
--http-log-path=/var/log/nginx/access.log \
--with-pcre \
--pid-path=/run/nginx.pid
6. Make and Install:
make
make install
7. Set up to run as service:
I find easiest to use WinSCP. Go to /etc/systemd/system and create a new file nginx.service. Paste in the following:
[Unit]
Description=The NGINX HTTP and reverse proxy server
After=syslog.target network-online.target remote-fs.target nss-lookup.target
Wants=network-online.target
[Service]
Type=forking
User=root
PIDFile=/run/nginx.pid
ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/nginx -t
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/nginx
ExecReload=/usr/sbin/nginx -s reload
ExecStop=/usr/sbin/nginx -s stop
PrivateTmp=true
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
8. Set up the config file:
I find easiest to use WinSCP. Go to your /etc/nginx folder and edit nginx.conf. Paste in the following:
#user nobody;
worker_processes 1;
#error_log logs/error.log;
#error_log logs/error.log notice;
#error_log logs/error.log info;
#pid logs/nginx.pid;
events {
worker_connections 1024;
}
http {
include mime.types;
default_type application/octet-stream;
#log_format main '$remote_addr - $remote_user [$time_local] "$request" '
# '$status $body_bytes_sent "$http_referer" '
# '"$http_user_agent" "$http_x_forwarded_for"';
#access_log logs/access.log main;
sendfile on;
#tcp_nopush on;
#keepalive_timeout 0;
keepalive_timeout 65;
#gzip on;
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
#charset koi8-r;
#access_log logs/host.access.log main;
location / {
root html;
index index.html index.htm;
}
#error_page 404 /404.html;
# redirect server error pages to the static page /50x.html
#
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
root html;
}
# proxy the PHP scripts to Apache listening on 127.0.0.1:80
#
#location ~ \.php$ {
# proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1;
#}
# pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000
#
#location ~ \.php$ {
# root html;
# fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
# fastcgi_index index.php;
# fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /scripts$fastcgi_script_name;
# include fastcgi_params;
#}
# deny access to .htaccess files, if Apache's document root
# concurs with nginx's one
#
#location ~ /\.ht {
# deny all;
#}
}
# another virtual host using mix of IP-, name-, and port-based configuration
#
#server {
# listen 8000;
# listen somename:8080;
# server_name somename alias another.alias;
# location / {
# root html;
# index index.html index.htm;
# }
#}
# HTTPS server
#
#server {
# listen 443 ssl;
# server_name localhost;
# ssl_certificate cert.pem;
# ssl_certificate_key cert.key;
# ssl_session_cache shared:SSL:1m;
# ssl_session_timeout 5m;
# ssl_ciphers HIGH:!aNULL:!MD5;
# ssl_prefer_server_ciphers on;
# location / {
# root html;
# index index.html index.htm;
# }
#}
}
rtmp {
server {
listen 1935;
chunk_size 4096;
application live-<add random string here for stream link from obs> {
record off;
live on;
push rtmp://a.rtmp.youtube.com/live2/<your youtube stream key>;
# Turn on HLS
hls on;
hls_path /usr/local/nginx/html/hls/;
hls_fragment 3;
hls_playlist_length 60;
## disable consuming the stream from nginx as rtmp
#deny play all;
}
}
}
9. Add Video.js and the hsl folders:
https://github.com/videojs/video.js/releases
Current version at time of writing is v7.11.0
cd /usr/local/nginx/html
mkdir hls
mkdir video.js
cd video.js
apt-get install unzip
wget https://github.com/videojs/video.js/releases/download/v7.11.0/video-js-7.11.0.zip
rm video-js-7.11.0.zip
10. Create a player.html file.
Using WinSCP, create stream.html in /usr/local/nginx/html and add the following:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Live Streaming</title>
<link href="/video.js/video-js.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="/video.js/video.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<video id="player" class="video-js vjs-default-skin" height="360" width="640" controls preload="none">
<source src="/hls/stream.m3u8" type="application/x-mpegURL" />
</video>
<script>
var player = videojs('#player');
</script>
</body>
</html>
11. Run the service and enable it:
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl start nginx
systemctl enable nginx
Browse to your IP and you should see the NGINX welcome page:
You can stop the service with:
systemctl stop nginx
And it should restart automatically when you start the machine.