Quick start

Let's deploy the stand for testing one WCS server with default settings. Suppose Docker to be installed locally, and no need to access the containers from outside. RTMP publishing container will also be deployed.

To deploy the stand on Docker host, do the following:

1. Unpack the stand build archive
   

   cd ~
   tar -xzf WCSTestStand-1.XXX.tar.gz
   

2. Edit main stand configuration file stand.conf/wcs-stand.conf
   

   #!/usr/bin/env bash
   
   CONTAINER_PREFIX=wcs-test-stand
   IMAGE_PREFIX=wcs_test_stand
   
   # Docker network parameters
   DOCKER_NETWORK=bridge
   
   # Stand nodes
   CDN_NODES=o-test
   CDN_ENTRY_POINT=o-test
   FFMPEG_NODE=ffmpeg-test
   
   # Product installation path
   WCS_PATH=/usr/local/FlashphonerWebCallServer
   

3. Make WCS node configuration folder
   

   cd ~/WCSTestStand-1.XXX/stand.conf
   mkdir o-test
   cd o-test
   touch node.conf
   

4. Edit WCS node configuration file, set your license and latest WCS build number

   #!/usr/bin/env bash
   
   NODE_IP=""
   NODE_PORTS=22,554,1935,8080-8084,8443-8445,8888,9091,20000-60000/tcp,20000-60000/udp
   JAVA_VERSION=8
   JAVA_GC=CMS
   JAVA_HEAP=2g
   WCS_LICENSE="XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX"
   
   PRODUCT_LINK="https://flashphoner.com/downloads/builds/WCS/5.2/FlashphonerWebCallServer-5.2.XXX.tar.gz"
   

5. Make RTMP publishing node configuration folder
   

   cd ~/WCSTestStand-1.XXX
   mkdir ffmpeg-test
   cd ffmpeg-test
   touch node.conf
   

6. Edit RTMP publishing node configuration file
   

   #!/usr/bin/env bash
   
   NODE_IP=""
   NODE_PORTS=22
   MEDIA_MOUNT=/opt/media
   

7. Copy media file to be published to RTMP publishing node configuration folder
   

   cp ~/Videos/file.mp4 ~/WCSTestStand-1.XXX/ffmpeg-test
   

8. Copy public access key to ssh folder
   

   cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub ~/WCSTestStand-1.XXX/ssh
   

9. Build docker images
   

   cd ~/WCSTestStand-1.XXX/images
   chmod +x build.sh
   sudo ./build.sh
   cd ..
   

10. Start the stand
    

    sudo ./wcs-stand start all
    

11. Remember stand nodes dynamic IP addresses

    Starting WCS container...
    > Container wcs-test-stand-o-test started (IP: 172.17.0.2)
    ...
    Starting wcs-test-stand-ffmpeg-test container to publish RTMP streams...
    > Container wcs-test-stand-ffmpeg-test started (IP: 172.17.0.3)
    

12. Open Player example page in browser and enter the stream name 172.17.0.2.file, where

    • 172.17.0.2 - WCS container address
    • file - media file name (see step 7) without mp4 extension
      

The stand is ready to local test.