Private Live Streaming

These instructions allow you to run a live stream via docker containers and OBS

Server Setup

In this guide we'll be using a Ubuntu 20.04 server to host the live stream.

1. Open ports 1935 on your firewall/gateway to allow traffic in and out to public addresses

2. On the server, pull the docker image for nginx-rtmp docker pull tiangolo/nginx-rtmp

3. Run the docker container with the following command docker run -d -p 1935:1935 --name nginx-rtmp tiangolo/nginx-rtmp

4. If you are running this publicly, you'll need your public IP. curl ifconfig.me

Client Setup

1. Download and install OBS

2. Set the stream address to your server address with the /live path. This is not unique and you can change the name of it if you'd like. For simplicity, leave the stream key blank. 192.168.x.x:1935/live

3. Set up OBS how you'd like for capture and audio.

4. Click "Start Streaming"

Viewing the Stream

We're going to use VLC to view the stream.

1. Download and install VLC.

2. Navigate to "Media -> Open Network Stream"

3. Enter the URL for the server you created earlier, with the procotol, IP and port. Private rtmp://192.168.x.x:1935/live Public rtmp://<public ip address>:1935/live