owncast.md

Owncast

Owncast is a free and open source live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software. This playbook can install owncast, powered by the mother-of-all-self-hosting/ansible-role-owncast Ansible role.

Dependencies

This service requires the following other services:

• a Traefik reverse-proxy server

Configuration

To enable this service, add the following configuration to your vars.yml file and re-run the installation process:

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#                                                                      #
# owncast                                                            #
#                                                                      #
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owncast_enabled: true

owncast_hostname: live.example.com

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#                                                                      #
# /owncast                                                           #
#                                                                      #
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Networking

By default, the following ports will be exposed by the container on all network interfaces:

• 1935 over TCP, controlled by owncast_container_rtmp_bind_port - used for TCP based RTMP

Docker automatically opens this port in the server's firewall, so you likely don't need to do anything. If you use another firewall in front of the server, you may need to adjust it.

Usage

After installation, you can go to the owncast URL, as defined in owncast_hostname.

To customize your installation visit live.example.com/admin. You should immediatly change the stream key which is set to abc123 by default.