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Installation on Linux

Paul Gregoire edited this page Jan 31, 2016 · 1 revision

Install JDK

Linux 32-bit installation instructions

Linux 64-bit installation instructions

Create directory for Red5

mkdir -p /usr/share/red5

Set environment variable for Red5

export RED5_HOME=/usr/share/red5

Get the latest tarball for Red5

  • Browse to Red5 Server Releases
  • Scroll to "Latest Release"
  • Download the tar.gz
  • Copy to RED5_HOME
  • Expand the tarball

Start the server

cd /usr/share/red5
./red5.sh &

Stop the server

cd /usr/share/red5
./red5-shutdown.sh

Configure init script

Sample script for init, may be found here