This platform allows people to watch and chat on streams that go through nginx-rtmp. It covers the basic functionality of any livestreaming service.
- Powered by Python/Django, MariaDB for platform, and node.js for chat
- Works on top of nginx-rtmp-module
- Support for both RTMP and HLS
- Basic login and following system
- Users do moderation on others' streams
- Chat server with ban support
Note: frontend is russian language only, and some code/content/sensitive_info used on the original server was taken out of this repo. This is not intended to be used by anyone.
This project started in mid of 2015 as an incentive to learn web programming, covering both backend and frontend; and also to provide streaming service for everyone living in Norilsk, as it didn't have good internet access to allow people to stream (and watch streams) on Twitch or simillar services.
It was closed at the beginning of 2018, as Norilsk got better internet access that allowed for streaming. The source code is now merely published as a backup, as a project that could be shown off, or something that you could base on.
This was the first ever project that I'm very proud of, and I'm grateful for all basics that I've learned from it.
I made these notes for myself in case of redeployment, they should not be taken for granted, some of it may not work today and might be vague.
Make a dedicated user and group for the service
add user group
addgroup web
useradd -G web stream
useradd -G web srvadmin
Install required libraries
apt-get install gcc
apt-get install make
apt-get install libssl-dev
apt-get install python3-pip
apt-get install libtiff5-dev libjpeg8-dev zlib1g-dev libfreetype6-dev liblcms2-dev libwebp-dev tcl8.6-dev tk8.6-dev python-tk
apt-get install git
add-apt-repository ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
apt-get update
apt-get install ffmpeg
apt-get install nodejs
Create directories
mkdir /var/www/stream/
chgrp web /var/www/stream/
mkdir /var/www/stream/streampreview/
mkdir /var/log/stream/
mkdir /var/log/stream/stream_play/
mkdir /var/log/stream/stream_publish/
mkdir /var/log/chatlogs/
Setup MariaDB
apt-get install mariadb-server libmariadbclient-dev
// setup database password and make a user with name: osp
Setup nginx
// download latest nginx source from: http://nginx.org/en/download.html
// download latest nginx-rtmp-module source from: https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module
// Extract source code in sepearate directories
// In nginx source code directory
./configure --add-module=/home/srvadmin/nginx/nginx-rtmp-module-master/ --without-http_rewrite_module
make
make install
// copy deployment/upstart contents to /etc/init, make /etc/init/nginx executable
// update list of init configs
/usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults
Install required Python libraries
pip3 install Django==1.8.3
pip3 install django-ipware
pip3 install Markdown
pip3 install mdx-del-ins
pip3 install mysqlclient
pip3 install Pillow
pip3 install bleach
pip3 install uwsgi
Edit crontab
0 0 * * * /home/stream/CHAT_NEW_LOG.SH
*/10 * * * * python3 /var/www/stream/manage.py updatesubscribercounts
*/30 * * * * python3 /var/www/stream/manage.py removeexpiredbans
Configure osp_uwsgi.ini, settings.py, nginx.conf
Unfortunately, further configuration and deployment/launch commentary has been left unclear