how to install red5 on centos 5.4

Step 1. Install Java




RED5 server depends on Java. CentOS 5.3 comes with OpenJDK 1.6 and install it using yum.



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



Step 2. Install Ant



Ant will need to compile RED5 server code. Ant comes in binary form, so just download and install it in /usr/local directory.



cd /usr/src

wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/ant/binaries/apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.tar.gz

tar zxvf apache-ant-1.7.1-bin.tar.gz

mv apache-ant-1.7.1/ /usr/local/ant



Step 3. Export Variables for Ant and Java



export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/ant/bin

export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib/classes.zip



Also export these variables in /etc/bashrc to become available for every user login or for any terminal opens.



echo ‘export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/ant’ >> /etc/bashrc

echo ‘export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java’ >> /etc/bashrc

echo ‘export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/ant/bin’ >> /etc/bashrc

echo ‘export CLASSPATH=.:$JAVA_HOME/lib/classes.zip’ >> /etc/bashrc



Step 4. Download and Install RED5 Server



Here the latest version available for RED5 is 0.7 on site but download from google code using svn as the tarball of 0.7 on site is missing some of the files.



cd /usr/src

svn checkout http://red5.googlecode.com/svn/java/server/trunk/ red5 
(install svn : #yum install mod_dav_svn subversion)
(//* for CentOS 6.3 svn co http://red5.googlecode.com/svn/java/server/tags/1_0/ red5
)

mv red5 /usr/local/

cd /usr/local/red5

ant prepare

ant dist



you will see a ton of lines, but you should get at last



BUILD SUCCESSFUL



that’s mean its install and now copy the conf directory from dist/ and test the red5 installation.



cp -r dist/conf .

./red5.sh



If it shows Installer service created in the last then everything is fine here, press ctrl+c and move to next step to create init script.



Step 5. Init Script



Now we will create init script for red5 to start, stop and restart easily.



vi /etc/init.d/red5



The init script code is below.



#!/bin/sh

# For RedHat and cousins:

# chkconfig: 2345 85 85

# description: Red5 flash streaming server

# processname: red5



PROG=red5

RED5_HOME=/usr/local/red5

DAEMON=$RED5_HOME/$PROG.sh

PIDFILE=/var/run/$PROG.pid



# Source function library

. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions



[ -r /etc/sysconfig/red5 ] && . /etc/sysconfig/red5



RETVAL=0



case “$1″ in

start)

echo -n $”Starting $PROG: ”

cd $RED5_HOME

$DAEMON >/dev/null 2>/dev/null &

RETVAL=$?

if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then

echo $! > $PIDFILE

touch /var/lock/subsys/$PROG



fi

[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && success $”$PROG startup”

failure $”$PROG startup”

echo

;;

stop)

echo -n $”Shutting down $PROG: ”

killproc -p $PIDFILE

RETVAL=$?

echo

[ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f /var/lock/subsys/$PROG

;;

restart)

$0 stop

$0 start

;;

status)

status $PROG -p $PIDFILE

RETVAL=$?

;;

*)

echo $”Usage: $0 {start
stop
restart
status}”

RETVAL=1

esac



exit $RETVAL



Now start the service



/etc/init.d/red5 start



check status



/etc/init.d/red5 status

red5 (pid XXXXX) is running…



again you can do stop, restart.



Step 6. Test



Now test the RED5 installation by opening following URL in browser



http://yourip:5080/



You will see Red5 test page.