April 11, 2021

Quick & Easy: Install Livego RTMP Video Streaming Server on Linux

Spin up a droplet at Digitalocean ($100 credit by using my link)
login as root
adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" livego
su livego
cd $HOME
wget https://github.com/gwuhaolin/livego/releases/download/0.0.15/livego_0.0.15_linux_amd64.tar.gz
tar zxvf livego_0.0.15_linux_amd64.tar.gz
exit
install /home/livego/livego /usr/bin/
git clone https://github.com/nwgat/livego-scripts.git
sudo cp livego-scripts/livego.service /etc/systemd/system/livego.service
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable livego (enable service)
systemctl start livego (start service)
systemctl status livego (check status)

Generate room key

apt-get install curl jq
curl -s http://livegoip:8090/control/get?room=pi| jq -r '.data' (get the room key)

Setup the stream in obs studio or ffmpeg

Test the stream