A simple RTMP server using NGINX. The server works by ingesting a RTMP feed and converts it into HLS. It uses Flask as a backend to authenticate new streams based on a stream name and stream password combination. All stream passwords stored on the server-side are hashed using SHA256. The Flask server also prevents multiple streams using the same login credentials.
This project is based on the work of many different tutorials, but mostly following the examples of Abdisalan Mohamud.
- Install docker and docker-compose
- Clone the repository using
git clone https://github.com/migillett/simple_rtmp_server.git - Change directory using
cd ./simple_rtmp_server - Run the setup.py program by running
python3 setup.py. This will ask you for a stream name and password that you want hashed. You can create more than one stream name and password if you like. Save both the stream name and password for step 6. The passwords are hashed upon entry, so there is now way to recover them once submitted. - Run
docker-compose build && docker-compose up -dto compile and run the docker containers. - Using OBS, connect to your server using the url
rtmp://[your server ip]/liveand the stream key[stream name from step 4]$pwd=[unhashed stream password from step 4]. Just make sure that your stream key matches what you set it up as in step 6. Then click "Start Streaming" in OBS.
All you have to do is type in the URL of your stream like so: http://[your_server_ip]. That'll take you straight to the stat.xsl page for the RTMP module.
You can view the stream using VLC by going to Media > Open Network Stream... From there, you can paste in the following url to access it: http://[your_server_ip]/hls/[stream_name]/index.m3u8.
You can use Video.JS to embed the video stream on your website. Just copy and paste their HTML template into your website and replace the src tag with the m3u8 stream url: http://[your_server_ip]/hls/[stream_name]/index.m3u8.