How to Install Red5 Server on Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.04

Written by Rahul, Updated on September 23, 2019

Red5 Media Server is a powerful media streaming server worked on RTMP protocol. 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 Ubuntu Linux operating systems.

Step 1 – Install Java

You must have Java 11 or higher version installed on your Ubuntu system. If you don’t have installed Java, use the following command to install OpenJDK on your system.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install default-jdk

Also, make sure to set the 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=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/' >> /etc/bash.bashrc
source /etc/bash.bashrc

Step 2 – Setup Red5 Server on Ubuntu

Use this link to find the latest version of Red5 or use following commands to download Red5 server 1.2.2.

cd /opt/
wget https://github.com/Red5/red5-server/releases/download/v1.2.2/red5-server-1.2.2.zip
unzip red5-server-1.2.2.zip

Now, start Red5 serrver using the provided shell script red5.sh available in directory.

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

This will start Red5 server.

Step 4 – Access Red5 Web Interface

Red5 demo pages and application can be accessed on port 5080 like http://exmple.com:5080/

URL: http://192.168.1.105:5080

Step 4 – Install Demo Apps

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

http://192.168.1.105:5080/installer/

Step 5 – Access Red5 Demo Apps

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/

Step 6 – Stop Red5 Server

When Red5 is no more required, You can simply stop this by executing the following script.

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

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