How To Install RED5 Server on Centos 5.3

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1. By default, recorded audio files saved to /usr/local/red5/webapps/audiorecorder/streams/_definst_.

   But I want to save this audio files to my web server, so how can I do this.

   Thanks.

2. hello,

   I have an issue when trying to build with ant..When I execute “ant prepare” it executes succeessfully. But after that when I do “ant build” gives an error like this
   —————————————————-
   Buildfile: /usr/local/red5/build.xml

   BUILD FAILED
   Target “build” does not exist in the project “Red5”.
   —————————————————–

   Any Idea..?

3. After recording audio, when I clicked on “Save” button then save_audio_to_db.php is not executed.

   whats the problem?

4. hi,
   Finally I got it. I used the following commands instead of the build command. It was like this

   #ant prepare
   #ant dist

   but when I am starting the red5 service, I cant access it through the 5080 port. It seems some java address binding errors….?

5. Some Easy Steps to install Red5,

   http://www.pankajdangi.com/2010/01/steps-to-install-red5-on-linux

   Thanks
   Pankaj

6. I have installed Red5 using the instruction specified. But when I run, red.sh command, I dont see Installer service created mesage. Rather I see the following at the end:
   —————
   [INFO] [main] org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplicationContext – Refreshing org.springframework.context.support.FileSystemXmlApplicationContext@3acc67: startup date [Wed Sep 01 01:14:52 CDT 2010]; parent: ApplicationContext ‘red5.common’
   [INFO] [main] org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory – Pre-instantiating singletons in org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@169dd64: defining beans [global.clientRegistry,global.serviceInvoker,global.mappingStrategy,global.context,global.handler,global.scope,red5.scopeResolver]; parent: org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory@7976c1
   Bootstrap complete
   ——————————–

   When I do, ps -ef | grep red5, here is the output:

   ——————————–
   root 28655 1 90 01:18 pts/3 00:00:03 /usr/bin/java -Dpython.home=lib -Dred5.root=/usr/local/red5 -Dlogback.ContextSelector=org.red5.logging.LoggingContextSelector -Dcatalina.useNaming=true -Djava.security.debug=failure -cp /usr/local/red5/boot.jar:/usr/local/red5/conf: org.red5.server.Bootstrap
   ———————————–

   I dont see any process on 5080 and my serverip on 5080 does not work. Please help urgent.

   Regards
   Aun

7. hi Aun,

   It seems there are some conficts with your java packages. Try remove all java packages (if there are no important dependencies). and install only the openjdk and openjdk-devel. And then do a fresh installation of red5. if you are using centsos 5.4 use “#ant dist” command instead of “#ant build”. and then try to start red5.

8. Thanks for the reply, but i still see the same error: I am on centos 5.5, I tried ant dist, Here is the list of installed java packages on my system:

   ————————————–
   java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.13.b16.el5
   tzdata-java-2010k-1.el5
   java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.13.b16.el5
   ——————————————

   Error is still the same, even i got server reloaded with fresh OS 🙂 Thanks for the help and support, waiting for response.

   Regards
   Aun

9. I’m stuck at the same problem as Aun. I’m on Centos5.3 with the same java packages.

   When I launch the red5.sh it says at the end ‘Bootstrap complete’ instead of ‘Installer service created’.

   Thanks in advance

10. neme,

    Did you find any fix for this ? if so then please share it. I am also stucked on the same issue, opened ticket on red5 site, but they are not responding. Thanks

    Ragards
    Aun

11. @neme & Aun,

    Do you have red5 running at all after completeing the install?
    If so, have you installed any apps?

12. no Dean, Actually we are unable to get Red5 run, it is not showing Installer service created message, rather it shows some boot strap sort of things and hangs there.

13. Hello all!

    After a lot of work, I am finding myself stuck at the same place that Aun & neme. When I run /etc/init.d/red5 status it says it’s running, but when I try and go to http://myip:5080/ it doesn’t connect.

    I got the same ‘Bootstrap complete’ message as the others.

    If someone find a solution, please be sure to post.

14. I will write up a slightly different method of installing red5 and post it here in a day or so. I do not have time to do it at work but have all my information at home.
    It works fine with Centos 5.4 so I guess it will work find with 5.3.
    in the mean time, try this

    /etc/init.d/red5 stop

    reboot your server either remotely or physically if you are sitting next to it,

    then

    /etc/init.d/red5 start

    I will return soon…

    Good luck!

15. Dean

    Many many thanks, we are waiting for instructions from you. Thanks for helping us out, we would appreciate if you can help you soon.

    BTW this short term fix did not work, so waiting for full instructions from you. Thank you again 🙂

    Regards
    Aun

16. Try my instructions, see how you go

    http://www.bunchcuntfridays.com/red5/Red5.txt

17. Dear Dean,

    Thanks man, you rock, its working fine now. Many many thanks

    Regards
    Aun

18. No problem,

    Glad to hear it worked.

    Hope it works for others too.

19. Well, Dean, your new directions no longer caused the “Bootstrap Complete” and runing ‘ant dist’ Build completes. But, when I ‘./red5.sh’ at the ‘Start Red5’ part of your new directions I get a “Permissions Denied” error. As well, when I try and start or restart red5 with ‘/etc/init.d/red5 restart’ nothing happens. Any ideas?

    Thanks!

20. Hey Dean,

    Disregard my last statement. I had to ‘chmod a+x red5.sh’ and then is started working properly. I now go to ‘http://myip:5080’ and I m now seeing the red5 successful installation page!

    Thank you so, so much!
    You are my hero. 🙂

    -Nyxx

21. Thanks, Dean
    It worked for me too.

    The difference I’ve seen with your instructions is the version of Red5 you use. This HowTo says …/trunk.

    With my first installation I used the …/tags/0_8_0/red5 because I heard it was recommended instead of the latest trunk, but that one didn’t work for me.

    So, the …/tags/0_9_0/red5 is the one. I’m on Centos5.3.

    The next step is to review the init script you posted, cause it doesn’t work in my server.

    Thanks for your instructions.

    Regards.
    neme

22. @ Nyxx – thank you for pointing that out. I did forget to say that in some cases you need to change the permissions of red.sh
    I will add that, and correct some typos too. Sorry, I typed it up in a rush.
    Just be careful with the compatibility of your applications. If you install an app in to webapps and its not compatible, again, you will be stuck as the bootstrap message. If this happens, remove that app.
    Remember to always restart red5 when adding an app.

    @Meme –

    Yes you are correct. The instructions use a never version of ant and red5.
    You can choose to use an older version of red5 if you wish however you might encounter problems if you use a version below 0.8.0.

    The script should work fine on 5.3. That said I only have 5.4 to test on though. If you using putty, it can some times cut off the top of the copy when copying and pasting. You might want to double check that this is not happening.

23. i followed all the steps.Everything worked fine exepct
    cp -r dist/conf .
    when executed the command. no file or directory found
    ======================
    root@nod1 [/usr/local/red5]# /etc/init.d/red5 start
    Starting red5: [ OK ]
    ====================================
    root@nod1 [/usr/local/red5]# /etc/init.d/red5 status
    red5 dead but pid file exists
    =================================
    root@nod1 [/usr/local/red5]# ./red5.sh
    Starting Red5
    Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/red5/server/Bootstrap
    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.red5.server.Bootstrap
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:319)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:264)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:332)
    Could not find the main class: org.red5.server.Bootstrap. Program will exit.
    =============================

    can you figure out the problem why is it saying red5 dead but pid file exists

24. when yu executed cp -r command, make sure that you are in the correct dir, what is the outcome of ‘pwd’ command ?

25. Hi — I have been able to successfully install red5 on my centOS 5.5 server with your instructions but when I go to http://[IP]:5080/installer I receive the following error:

    Net status: NetConnection.Connect.Failed
    Trying to connect to war location
    Net status: NetConnection.Connect.Failed
    Trying to connect to war location

    Any ideas as to what might be wrong?

    Thanks!

26. i execute command in
    cp -r dist/conf
    in
    cd /usr/local/red5
    =============
    [root@aswik red5]# cp -r dist/conf .
    cp: cannot stat `dist/conf’: No such file or directory

    ==============

    pwd commad:
    [root@aswik ~]# pwd
    /root

27. @Af,

    Im guessing your server is remote. If it is and you are using WHM, Plesk or another control panel, you must edit your IPtables to allow connections from red5 ports.
    Port 1935 and 5080 must be allowed. If you do not have access to this then you must ask your hosting provider.

    If your server is next to you, just allow thoses ports in your firewall.

    @Waqas,

    did you perform each of these seperatly?

    ant prepare

    then

    ant dist

    then

    cp -r dist/conf .

    if so, did you get a message saying the red5 install was successful?

28. @Dean
    I think this is the error

    [root@aswik red5]# ant dist
    ====================
    BUILD FAILED
    /usr/local/red5/build.xml:214: The following error occurred while executing this line:
    /usr/local/red5/build.xml:235: Error running /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/bin/javac compiler

    Total time: 1 minute 14 seconds
    ==============================
    command was successfully executed

    yum -y install java-1.6.0-openjdk java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel

29. Worked like a charm
    Thanks

30. @Waqas,

    What version of Centos are you using, im guessing 5.5?
    If 5.5 the there could be a problem between java and ant.
    you might need to use newer version of java.

31. Hi Dean!

    First of all thanks for these infos here, it was more then helpful!
    I’m running red5 on a remote server, from putty terminal. My problem is that i haven’t got permission to modify the /etc/init.d/red5 file. I installed my red5 in my home folder…still running. The only thing wrong is that, if i close the putty, red5 stops as well.
    So how can i close the terminal without ending the processes, i started with it?

    thx in regards!

32. sorry, i found the solution, mb if somebody needs this i write it here:
    nohup ./red5.sh
    <—after you close your terminal, the process continues to run…
    anyway i got another problem:
    Basically i just want my site to be able, to save to file, what you record with your web-camere. So i decided, to work with the simple-recorder demo.
    On my localhost testserver it worked as charm, and saved the records to .flv
    Strangely on my site its not saving the files…any tipps?

33. Sonds to me that if you do not have permissions to edit the file then you most likely do not have write permissions in the directory you are having your files saved to.

    Can you SSH to your remote? eg use FlashFXP and log in using SSH? if so, see if you can edit the permissions. If not then ask your host if thye can do it for you.

34. This is Scott again… I’m also getting this responce:
    root@cloud1 [~]# /usr/local/red5/red5.sh
    Starting Red5
    Exception in thread “main” java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/red5/server/Bootstrap
    Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.red5.server.Bootstrap
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:319)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:264)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:332)
    Could not find the main class: org.red5.server.Bootstrap. Program will exit.
    root@cloud1 [~]#

35. Hello Dean,

    I followed your guide as posted on the link here, I am on Cent os 5.5 64bit server dedicated server. I get to the last stage
    /etc/init.d/red5 restart

    Then I get this error?

    [root@localhost red5]# /etc/init.d/red5 restart
    /etc/init.d/red5: line 1: nit: command not found
    /etc/init.d/red5: line 1: nit: command not found
    Shutting down Red5 /etc/init.d/red5: line 1: nit: command not found

    Thanks,

    Leo

36. Leo, I believe you are copying and pasting the init script. If you want this to run smoothless then download it, rather then copy and paste. Download it by the following commamnd:

    wget http://www.sohailriaz.com/downloads/red5.txt

    once download is complete, rename red5.txt to simply red5 and it will work smoothly.

    Regards
    Aun

37. Hello Aun,

    Thanks for the reply. I am new to Linux. so I am in the red5 fodler in putty, I did the WGEt command you mentioned, so how shall I rename it so it is now listed in /etc/init.d/red5

    thanks,

    Leo

38. @Leo
    The command to rename a file is mv
    Type the following as a superuser:
    cd /etc/init.d/
    mv red5.txt red5
    –

39. Leo,

    You will need to be in /etc/init.d directory. neme has mentioned it. Just for yur ease here are full steps:

    cd /etc/init.d
    wget wget http://www.sohailriaz.com/downloads/red5.txt
    mv red5.txt red5
    chmod 755 red5
    service red5 restart

    Regards
    Aun

40. Hello Aun,

    Thanks for this. How can I open the two ports needed for red5 server on Cent os 5.5 64bit I am using SSH via command line in Putty?

    Also my other question, how do I upload my own videos into the directory for red5 so I can then set video as rtmp on my pages?

    Thanks,

    Leo

41. @Leo,

    If you are running a control panel such a WHM, Plesk or Webadmin,

    You open the ports using your control panel. Makes it much easier.
    This is would be located under IPTables

    If you do not have a control panel (which would be strange) you can edit iptables by editing the iptables configuration file as so..

    vi /etc/sysconfig/iptables

    Add the following lines:

    -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state –state NEW -m tcp -p tcp –dport 5080 -j ACCEPT

    -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state –state NEW -m tcp -p tcp –dport 1935 -j ACCEPT

    Then save the file (press ESC and then type :wq)

    Then,

    /etc/init.d/iptables restart

    DONE!

42. NOTE: in my previous post… the lines you add are 2 separate lines and not 4. eg the line starts with “-A” and ends with “ACCEPT”

    The lines have been wrapped in this that post.

43. Hello Dean,

    I am using Plesk, I logged into SSH as I cant see any way to control the Firewall in the Plesk control panel.

    I used the VI in SSh and added the two lines, then restarted but I get this error in SSH after I try to restart the IP tables.

    [root@server ~]# /etc/init.d/iptables restart
    Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ]
    Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: raw nat mangle filter [ OK ]
    Applying iptables firewall rules: iptables-restore: line 1 failed
    [FAILED]

    Thanks again,

    Leo

44. Hi Dean
    Followed your instructions to the T, However when I run ./red5.sh I get lots of text then it hangs on ‘Bootstrap complete’, I do not see ‘Installer service created’..

    every step went as stated, IE BUILD SUCCESSFUL…

    I am running
    CentOS release 4.4 (Final)
    Linux ip-***-***-***-***.ip.secureserver.net 2.6.9-42.0.3.EL #1 Fri Oct 6 05:59:54 CDT 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

45. @ Steve,

    These instructions will only work on Centos 5+ and no lower versions. There would be incompatibility issues wiht version 4.4

    @ Leo,

    The option for the firewall in Plesk is under System > Modules > Firewall

    The only way this would not be availalbe is if you are logging in as a client and not an administrator.

    To save writing a super long post here, take a look here

    http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Network/IPTables

    This should help you configure iptables.

46. Hello Dean,

    I tried to open the ports, on the Plesk as well, also disabled the seLinux in the root and set level to disable, as well as turning off the firewall in Linux.

    I navigate to the http://ip:5080 but it is just blank, so maybe it’s to do with the error below.

    I am getting this error also, I am on Cent os 64bit, 5.5 I am following the instructions http://www.bunchcuntfridays.com/red5/Red5.txt

    I am also getting the bootstrap error when I run the sh installer. It does not complete and say server installed success.

    Thanks,

    Leo

47. Hello Dean,

    I opened these ports but it is still not working. I am on Cent os 5.5 64bit. I am also getting the Bootstrap Complete when i run the .sh file as well.

    I tried ctrl+c on my keyboard into Putty, and followed the rest of the steps. What would cause this Bootstrap issue?

    Maybe this is why it’s not working as something has not installed or failed?

48. @Leo,

    I did mention this before but it may have been over looked.

    If you have installed apps in to your webapp folder after the initial install of red5, the webapp might not be compatible with the version of red5 you are using. Try deleting the webapp and restarting red5.

    If there are no apps, then to be honest, I am just as stuck as you. I am no linux genius and learning just as the rest of the people here. I just play with it as much as I can to learn.

    Just a though, you did install the 64 bit of java didnt you?

49. You can try this;

    svn co http://red5.googlecode.com/svn/java/server/tags/0_9_1 red5-0.9.1
    cd red5-0.9.1
    ant prepare
    ant dist

50. @waqass

    On Centos 5.5
    try this:

    export _JAVA_OPTIONS=”-Xms32m -Xmx128m”

    ant prepare

    ant dist