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Streaming server on AWS Lightsail

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lightsail-streaming-server

Streaming server on AWS Lightsail

Create instance

Create AWS Lightsail instance via AWS Lightsail CLI

aws lightsail create-instances --instance-names "streaming-vm" --availability-zone eu-west-2a --blueprint-id centos_7_1901_01 --bundle-id xlarge_2_0 --user-data file://user-data.txt

You can find the script in /var/lib/cloud/instance/user-data.txt on the instance

Configure instance

Open ports

aws lightsail open-instance-public-ports --port-info fromPort=1935,toPort=1935,protocol=TCP --instance-name streaming-vm

Assign static IP (optional)

Static IP addresses are free only while attached to an instance. You can manage five at no additional cost.

aws lightsail allocate-static-ip --static-ip-name streaming-vm-static-ip
aws lightsail attach-static-ip --static-ip-name streaming-vm-static-ip --instance-name streaming-vm

SSH

Download the key file here

chmod 600 LightsailDefaultKey-eu-west-2.pem

Obtain the public IP

aws lightsail get-instance --instance-name streaming-vm | grep publicIpAddress
aws lightsail get-static-ip --static-ip-name streaming-vm-static-ip | grep ipAddress

Login to your instance

ssh -i LightsailDefaultKey-eu-central-1.pem  centos@PUBLIC_IP

View instances here

Stream video

Server test

ffmpeg -re -i file_example_MP4_1920_18MG.mp4 -codec copy -f flv rtmp://localhost/live/key

Play MKV

  • Without subtitles
ffmpeg -re -i video.mkv -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -maxrate 3000k -bufsize 6000k -pix_fmt yuv420p -g 50 -c:a libfdk_aac -b:a 160k -ac 2 -ar 44100 -f flv rtmp://localhost/live/key
  • With subtitles
ffmpeg -re -i video.mkv -vf subtitles=subtitle.srt -c:v libx264 -preset veryfast -maxrate 3000k -bufsize 6000k -pix_fmt yuv420p -g 50 -c:a libfdk_aac -b:a 160k -ac 2 -ar 44100 -f flv rtmp://localhost/live/key

Client test

  • Open a VLC player
  • Click in the "Media" menu
  • Click in "Open Network Stream"
  • Enter the URL from above as rtmp://<ip_of_host>/live/<key> replacing <ip_of_host> with the IP of the host in which the container is running and <key> with the key you used above. For example: rtmp://192.168.0.30/live/test
  • Click "Play"
  • Now VLC should start playing whatever you are transmitting