Installation

Linux (Ubuntu)

1. Download Ant Media Server

Download and save the Ant Media Server Community/Enterprise Edition to your disk. Ant Media Server is being tested on Ubuntu 18.04 versions on CI.

• Community Edition can be downloaded from Releases
• Enterprise Edition can be downloaded on your account after you get a license on antmedia.io

2. Open Terminal and Go to Directory

Open a terminal and go to the directory where you have downloaded Ant Media Server Zip file.

cd path/to/where/ant-media-server....zip

3. Download Installation Script

Download the install_ant-media-server.sh shell script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ant-media/Scripts/master/install_ant-media-server.sh && chmod 755 install_ant-media-server.sh

4. Run the Installation Script

Update over Older Version

You need to add "-r true" to the end of the command line if you want to keep your settings from previous installation.

sudo ./install_ant-media-server.sh -i [ANT_MEDIA_SERVER_INSTALLATION_FILE] -r true

Fresh Installation

For a clean new installation:

sudo ./install_ant-media-server.sh -i [ANT_MEDIA_SERVER_INSTALLATION_FILE] 

For more utilization options you can use sudo ./install_ant-media-server.sh -h

5. Control the Service

You can check the service if it is running.

sudo service antmedia status

You can stop/start the service anytime you want.

sudo service antmedia stop
sudo service antmedia start

6. Install SSL for your Ant Media Server

If you're installing on your localhost, you can skip this step.

Please make sure that your server instance has Public IP address and a domain is assigned to its Public IP address. Then go to the folder where Ant Media Server is installed. Default directory is /usr/local/antmedia

cd /usr/local/antmedia

Run ./enable_ssl.sh script in AMS installation directory. Please don't forget to replace {DOMAIN_NAME} with your domain name.

sudo ./enable_ssl.sh -d {DOMAIN_NAME}

For detailed information about SSL, follow SSL Setup.

7. Accessing Web panel

Open your browser and type http://SERVER_IP_ADDRESS:5080 to go to the web panel. If you're having difficulty in accessing the web panel, there may be a firewall that blocks accessing the 5080 port.

Docker Installation

1. Create Dockerfile

Download the Dockerfile file.

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ant-media/Scripts/master/docker/Dockerfile_Process -O Dockerfile

2. Build Docker Image

Download and save Ant Media Server ZIP file in the same directory with Dockerfile. Then run the docker build command from command line

docker build --network=host -t antmediaserver --build-arg AntMediaServer=<Replace_With_Ant_Media_Server_Zip_File> .

3. Run the Docker Container

Now we have a docker container with Ant Media Server. Run the image.

docker run --network=host -it antmediaserver

Cluster Installation

Cluster installation is an advance topic. Please visit Clustering & Scaling.

Server Ports

In order to server run properly you need to open some network ports. Here are the ports server uses.

• TCP:1935 (RTMP)
• TCP:5080 (HTTP)
• TCP:5443 (HTTPS)
• UDP:50000-60000 (WebRTC. It's 50K-60K since 2.4.2. Before 2.4.2, default value 5K-65K. You can change port range in all releases)
• TCP:5000-65000 (You need to open this range in only cluster mode for internal network. It should not be open to public.)

Forward Default http(80), https(443) Ports to 5080 and 5443

Generally, port forwarding is used to forward default ports to the server's ports in order to have ease of use. For instance let's forward 80 to 5080, just type the command below.

sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 5080
sudo iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 443 -j REDIRECT --to-port 5443

After running the command above, the http requests going to 80 is forwarded to 5080. The http requests going to 443 is being forwarded to 5443.

Please pay attention that while you're enabling SSL, 80 port should not be used by any process or should not be forwarded to any other port either.

List and Delete Current Port Forwardings

To List port forwarding run the command below.

sudo iptables -t nat --line-numbers -L

To delete a port forwarding run the command below.

iptables -t nat -D PREROUTING [LINE_NUMBER_IN_PREVIOUS_COMMAND]

Make Port Forwarding Persistent

If you want the server to reload port forwarding after reboot, we need to install iptables-persistent package and save rules like below.

sudo apt-get install iptables-persistent

Above command will install iptables-persistent package, after that just run the command below every time you make a change and want it to be persistent.

sudo sh -c "iptables-save > /etc/iptables/rules.v4"