CHAOS Wowza plugin configuration description - Version 1

This page describes how to configure the Wowza plugin in the case of Iapetus.

wowza_vhost_chaos/conf/chaos/Application.xml

Make a symbolic link, replacing the <VHost-root-dir>/content library. The symbolic link must point to the root library of the media files. The root of the media files is at /net/plutre/mp3tmp/done. E.g.

ln -s /net/plutre/mp3tmp/done content

wowza_vhost_chaos/conf/chaos/chaos-streaming-server-plugin.properties

Set URL of the MCM server used for validating request.

GeneralMCMServerURL=http://chaos.larm-archive.org/API_Larm/PortalService.svc

Configure database logging:

StatisticsLoggingLocallyInDB=true
StatisticsLoggingJDBCDriver=org.postgresql.Driver
StatisticsLoggingDBConnectionURL=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/larm-devel
StatisticsLoggingDBUser=larm
StatisticsLoggingDBPassword=larm1234

wowza_vhost_chaos/conf/VHost.xml

Set port numbers for the virtual host in the element <Port> located approximately at line 10 in the file. Default is 1935.

<Port>1935</Port>

wowza/conf/VHosts.xml

Create a virtual host for the wowza plugin. This is configuring the server and not the virtual host.

<VHost>
        <Name>_chaosVHost_</Name>
        <ConfigDir>/home/wowza/services/wowza_vhost_chaos</ConfigDir>
        <ConnectionLimit>0</ConnectionLimit>
</VHost>

wowza/conf/Server.xml

Enable JMX console by changing values in wowza/conf/Server.xml.

<JMXRemoteConfiguration>
  <Enable>true</Enable>
  <IpAddress>[ip-address-of-wowza-server]</IpAddress>
  <RMIServerHostName>[hostname-of-wowza-server]</RMIServerHostName>

Firewall

Open firewall port 1935 for streaming.

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Change log

- 2011-07-12: Added configuration to enable JMX console