Docker + Nginx + RTMP + S3FS (AWS S3 Integration)

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

• Nginx 1.16.1 (Stable version compiled from source)
• nginx-rtmp-module 1.2.1 (compiled from source)
• ffmpeg 4.2.1 (compiled from source)
• Default HLS settings (See: nginx.conf)
• S3FS Fuse (Amazon S3 Integration)

Usage

Server

• Run container from source:

docker run --rm --privileged -it -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -e AWS_S3_BUCKET_NAME=xxxx-yyyy-zzzz -e AWS_S3_REGION=us-east-1 -p 1935:1935 -p 8080:80 efriandika/streaming-server

• Stream live content to:

rtmp://<server ip>:1935/stream/$STREAM_NAME

OBS Configuration

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

Using AWS and CloudFront

Watch Stream

Access by using your S3 public URL.

For example => https://your-s3-bucket.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/hls/hello.m3u8

or you can set your cloudfront (cache disabled) distribution then based on your S3

ATTENTION: Don't forget to set public access and enable CORS in your s3 bucket

Using your Own Server

SSL (optional)

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.

Watch Stream

• In Safari, VLC or any HLS player, open:

http://<server ip>:8080/live/$STREAM_NAME.m3u8

• Example Playlist: http://localhost:8080/live/hello.m3u8
• VideoJS Player
• FFplay: ffplay -fflags nobuffer rtmp://localhost:1935/stream/hello

FFmpeg Build

$ ffmpeg -buildconf

ffmpeg version 4.2.1 Copyright (c) 2000-2019 the FFmpeg developers
  built with gcc 6.4.0 (Alpine 6.4.0)
  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-librtmp --enable-postproc --enable-avresample --enable-libfreetype --enable-openssl --disable-debug --disable-doc --disable-ffplay --extra-libs='-lpthread -lm'
  libavutil      56. 31.100 / 56. 31.100
  libavcodec     58. 54.100 / 58. 54.100
  libavformat    58. 29.100 / 58. 29.100
  libavdevice    58.  8.100 / 58.  8.100
  libavfilter     7. 57.100 /  7. 57.100
  libavresample   4.  0.  0 /  4.  0.  0
  libswscale      5.  5.100 /  5.  5.100
  libswresample   3.  5.100 /  3.  5.100
  libpostproc    55.  5.100 / 55.  5.100

  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-librtmp
    --enable-postproc
    --enable-avresample
    --enable-libfreetype
    --enable-openssl
    --disable-debug
    --disable-doc
    --disable-ffplay
    --extra-libs='-lpthread -lm'

Resources

• https://alpinelinux.org/
• http://nginx.org
• https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module
• https://www.ffmpeg.org
• https://obsproject.com
• https://github.com/s3fs-fuse/s3fs-fuse