Release note for Wowza plugin version 1.0

Released medio januar 2011

New features

This is the first version of the Wowza plugin in the DOMS project. The purpose of the plugin is to enhances the Wowza streaming server with

1. User authentication
2. Translating the user request URL to a specific media file

Installation instructions for STAGE and PROD

Prerequisites for the installation

1. Java 6
2. Wowza Streaming Server version 2.1.2
3. Access to the media files that the Broadcast Extraction Service produces

Installation procedure

1. Extract installation package to ~/tmp/wdp_1.0/

   unzip releases/DOMS-Wowza-plugin-1.0rc2_install-package.zip -d tmp/wdp_1.0/

2. Remove old vhost installation (if existing)

   mv wowza_vhost_doms tmp/old

3. Copy content of ~/tmp/wdp_1.0/ to wowza virtual host

   cp -R tmp/wdp_1.0/DOMS-Wowza-plugin-1.0rc2_install-package wowza_vhost_doms

4. Setup the virtual host:

   1. Create the virtual host. Edit Wowza-install-dir/conf/VHosts.xml. Add:

      <VHost>
       <Name>_domsVHost_</Name>
       <ConfigDir>/home/<user>/wowza_vhost_doms</ConfigDir>
       <ConnectionLimit>0</ConnectionLimit>
      </VHost>

   2. Edit /home/<user>/wowza_vhost_doms/conf/VHost.xml. Set the correct value for the two host port elements (Root/VHost/HostPortList/HostPort/Port):

      • First entry (RTMP protocol) to 1935
      • Second entry (Admin Hostport) to 8086

5. Set location of media files. Edit /home/<user>/wowza_vhost_doms/conf/<app>/Application.xml for both applications doms and domslive. Change element Root/Application/Streams/StorageDir to location of media files produced by Broadcast Extraction Service.

   1. doms: /home/<user>/streamingContent

   2. domslive: /home/<user>/streamingContentLive