2. Prepare Red5 Pro Node Instances

NOTE: The following steps need to be done for each server instance to be used as Red5 Pro nodes (origins and edges). NOTE #2: We recommend a minimum of 2 CPUs and 4GB RAM for Red5 Pro node servers.

Install Red5 Pro on the Instance:

• Connect to your instance over ssh.
• Follow the Installing Red5Pro on a Linux Server instructions.
• Make sure that Red5 Pro service is set to auto-start on launch.
• Red5 Pro Clustering does not work without a license. You will need to purchase a Red5 Pro Professional license from Red5 Pro. Add a file named LICENSE.KEY with your Pro license key (16 characters, plus dashes, like: YOUR-LIC-ENSE-KEY1) to the root of the Red5 Pro Server installation ({red5prohome}/LICENSE.KEY).

Install NTP (network time protocol)

NTP is necessary to ensure that the Stream Manager and all nodes are in sync.

sudo apt-get install ntp

The service should start automatically once installed.

Also, make sure that the server time zone is UTC (this should be the default on AWS instances). Type date at the prompt. This will return the date, time and zone (eg:Tue Dec 13 20:21:49 UTC 2016). If you need to switch to UTC, execute sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata, scroll to the bottom of the Continents list and select None of the above; in the second list, select UTC.

Configure Autoscaling on the Instance:

Navigate to the location where you extracted the Red5 Pro files, and edit the file {red5prohome}/conf/autoscale.xml

<bean name="config"class="com.red5pro.clustering.autoscale.Configuration">
   <property name="active" value="false"/>
   <property name="cloudWatchHost" value="http://0.0.0.0:5080/autoscale/cloudwatch"/>
</bean>

• Change the active value from “false” to “true”
• Replace 0.0.0.0 with the static ip of the Stream Manager
• Save and close the file

Set a Unique Cluster Password:

Edit the file {red5prohome}/conf/cluster.xml and replace the default <!-- edge/origin link cluster password --> password from changeme to sometime unique. Make a note of this password, to be used in the Stream Manager red5.properties file.

NOTE: The cluster password can not contain any CAPITAL LETTERS at this time

Enable Red5 Pro Server API and Set Management Password:

Configure the Server API per this document. Modify the security.accessToken value in {red5pro/webapps/api/WEB-INF/red5-web.properties, and make a note of it. You will need this value for your Stream Manager.

### CORE SECURITY PROVIDER SETTINGS
security.hostSecurity=true
security.tokenSecurity=true
security.accessToken=

Add the Stream Manager's public IP address to the {red5pro}/webapps/api/WEB-INF/security/hosts.txt file (or add * to make the API accessible from anywhere).

localhost
*

Remove Unnecessary Webapps:

To ensure a faster startup time for your server, we suggest deleting any webapps that you will not be using from the {red5prohome}/webapps directory (for example: secondscreen, template, vod, streammanager). For ease of setup for the Stream Manager, leave a zipped copy of the server distribution on the server. If you are running a custom webapp, then you would want to include that on your node servers.

The following incoming ports need to be open on the Red5 Pro node servers:

NOTE: As of release 5.4.0, websockets automatically use the same ports as http/https as defined in red5.properties, so you do not need to open up ports 8081.

Verifying Red5 Pro on Instance:

Start Red5 Pro service sudo systemctl start red5pro

Once you have started the Red5 Pro Server, you can verify that it is running and available by opening a web browser and navigating to http://<server-ip>:5080, where is the Public address value of your Red5 Pro server.