Red5 media server on Centos install/configure
How to install red5 the Open Source Media Server.
1. Install ant
yum install ant
2. We will place the red5 home directory in /var/www/
cd /var/www wget http://www.red5.org/downloads/red5/1_0_1/red5-1.0.1.tar.gz tar zxvf red5-1.0.1.tar.gz mv red5-server-1.0 red5 rm red5-1.0.1.tar.gz screen -S red5 cd /var/www/red5 ./red5.sh
Now you can close this ssh session and start the new one. Java sn running in a background. After the server reboot you need to perform the following actions to start red5:
screen -S red5 cd /var/www/red5 ./red5.sh
To access webif type in your browser http://YourIP:5080
Tested on Centos 6 VPS.