How to install a Darwin Streaming Server

Installation time: 5 minutes

The Darwin Streaming Server is the official open source version of Apple's QuickTime Streaming Server. This server is for streaming QuickTime and MPEG-4 media over the internet using the industry standard RTP and RTSP protocols.

This guide will show you how to install the Darwin Streaming Server step-by-step on the Fedora 7 distribution. You can choose this OS when creating a server using Gandi MI (manual install).

1. Goto http://developer.apple.com/opensource/server/streaming/index.html

2. Click on “Streaming Server” In the “Linux” section, click on “Streaming Server” (for Fedora Core 4 and later)

3. Log in with your Apple codes You will now see the following:

These login codes are the same as you use for iTunes, or you can create a new username here: http://myinfo.apple.com

4. save the file to your disk

DarwinStreamingSrvr5.5.5-Linux.tar.gz (21.5 MB)

5. upload the file to your server In this example, I am going to upload the file to: /home/DarwinStreamingSrvr5.5.5-Linux.tar.gz using sftp (how?)

6. extract the file:

tar xvzf DarwinStreamingSrvr5.5.5-Linux.tar.gz

7. Go into the directory to the DarwinStreamingSrvr4.1.3-Linux folder:

cd DarwinStreamingSrvr4.1.3-Linux

8. run the installation script:

./Install

9: Create the administrator user

In order to administer the Darwin Streaming Server you must create an administrator user [Note: The administrator user name cannot contain spaces, or single or double quote characters, and cannot be more than 255 characters long]. Please enter a new administrator user name:

10. Specify the administrator user's password

You must also enter a password for the administrator user [Note: The administrator
password cannot contain spaces, or quotes, either single or double, and cannot be 
more than 80 characters long].
Please enter a new administrator Password:      

Enter your new administrator's password.

 Re-enter the new administrator password:

Then renter your new administrator's password.

If the passwords are the same, the installation will be complete, and you will see the following confirmation message:

Adding userName xxxxxx
Setup Complete!

11. Using your web browser, go to the following URL:

http://www.yourdomain.com:1220

You will then see the following page:

Enter the administrator name and its password (the one you created in steps 9 and 10 above).

12. Setup Assistant MP3 Broadcast

You will now see the following:

Specify a MP3 Broadcast password.

13. Setup Assistant Secure Administration You will now see the following:

This will enable encryption between the administration server and the web client.

14. Setup Assistant Media Folder

You will now see the following:

Specify the location of your media folder. By default this is /usr/local/movies/

15. Setup Assistant Streaming on Port 80 You will now see the following:

To allow streaming on port 80 (the same as Apache), then check the box. *

Click on “Finish” to end the configuration.

16. Server Snapshot Once you have finished configuring your streaming server, you will see the following page, which is a snapshot of your streaming server, and the administrative control panel of your streaming server:

You can now manage your server via your web browser by logging into the following page:

http://123.123.123.123:1220/parse_xml.cgi

(replace 123.123.123.123 with the IP Address of your server)

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