/docker-nginx-rtmp

🐋 A Dockerfile for nginx-rtmp-module + FFmpeg from source with basic settings for streaming HLS. Built on Alpine Linux.

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docker-nginx-rtmp

A Dockerfile installing NGINX, nginx-rtmp-module and FFmpeg from source with default settings for HLS live streaming. Built on Alpine Linux.

  • Nginx 1.23.1 (Mainline version compiled from source)
  • nginx-rtmp-module 1.2.2 (compiled from source)
  • ffmpeg 5.1 (compiled from source)
  • Default HLS settings (See: nginx.conf)

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Usage

Server

  • Pull docker image and run:
docker pull alfg/nginx-rtmp
docker run -it -p 1935:1935 -p 8080:80 --rm alfg/nginx-rtmp

or

  • Build and run container from source:
docker build -t nginx-rtmp .
docker run -it -p 1935:1935 -p 8080:80 --rm nginx-rtmp
  • Stream live content to:
rtmp://localhost:1935/stream/$STREAM_NAME

SSL

To enable SSL, see nginx.conf and uncomment the lines:

listen 443 ssl;
ssl_certificate     /opt/certs/example.com.crt;
ssl_certificate_key /opt/certs/example.com.key;

This will enable HTTPS using a self-signed certificate supplied in /certs. If you wish to use HTTPS, it is highly recommended to obtain your own certificates and update the ssl_certificate and ssl_certificate_key paths.

I recommend using Certbot from Let's Encrypt.

Environment Variables

This Docker image uses envsubst for environment variable substitution. You can define additional environment variables in nginx.conf as ${var} and pass them in your docker-compose file or docker command.

Custom nginx.conf

If you wish to use your own nginx.conf, mount it as a volume in your docker-compose or docker command as nginx.conf.template:

volumes:
  - ./nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf.template

OBS Configuration

  • Stream Type: Custom Streaming Server
  • URL: rtmp://localhost:1935/stream
  • Stream Key: hello

Watch Stream

  • Load up the example hls.js player in your browser:
http://localhost:8080/player.html?url=http://localhost:8080/live/hello.m3u8
  • Or in Safari, VLC or any HLS player, open:
http://localhost:8080/live/$STREAM_NAME.m3u8
  • Example Playlist: http://localhost:8080/live/hello.m3u8
  • HLS.js Player
  • FFplay: ffplay -fflags nobuffer rtmp://localhost:1935/stream/hello

FFmpeg Build

$ ffmpeg -buildconf

ffmpeg version 4.4 Copyright (c) 2000-2021 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 10.2.1 (Alpine 10.2.1_pre1) 20201203
  configuration: --prefix=/usr/local --enable-version3 --enable-gpl --enable-nonfree --enable-small --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libvpx --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libfdk-aac --enable-libass --enable-libwebp --enable-postproc --enable-avresample --enable-libfreetype --enable-openssl --disable-debug --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --extra-libs='-lpthread -lm'
  libavutil      56. 70.100 / 56. 70.100
  libavcodec     58.134.100 / 58.134.100
  libavformat    58. 76.100 / 58. 76.100
  libavdevice    58. 13.100 / 58. 13.100
  libavfilter     7.110.100 /  7.110.100
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  9.100 /  5.  9.100
  libswresample   3.  9.100 /  3.  9.100
  libpostproc    55.  9.100 / 55.  9.100

  configuration:
    --prefix=/usr/local
    --enable-version3
    --enable-gpl
    --enable-nonfree
    --enable-small
    --enable-libmp3lame
    --enable-libx264
    --enable-libx265
    --enable-libvpx
    --enable-libtheora
    --enable-libvorbis
    --enable-libopus
    --enable-libfdk-aac
    --enable-libass
    --enable-libwebp
    --enable-postproc
    --enable-avresample
    --enable-libfreetype
    --enable-openssl
    --disable-debug
    --disable-doc
    --disable-ffplay
    --extra-libs='-lpthread -lm'

FFmpeg Hardware Acceleration

A Dockerfile.cuda image is available to enable FFmpeg hardware acceleration via the NVIDIA's CUDA.

Use the tag: alfg/nginx-rtmp:cuda:

docker run -it -p 1935:1935 -p 8080:80 --rm alfg/nginx-rtmp:cuda

You must have a supported platform and driver to run this image.

*This image is experimental!

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