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RHEL 6 Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 Install

• Updated January 10, 2019


Darwin Streaming Server has not been updated in many years and is dated compared to modern streaming technology.

If you still need QuickTime and RTSP streaming, the following steps will walk you through setting up a working Darwin Streaming Server on RHEL 6.0 - 6.3.

Install Darwin Streaming Server

Install the following repository packages:

yum install gcc gcc-c++ make git

Create the qtss system user and group:

adduser --system qtss

Clone the source code (the following GitHub repository contains the original Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 source code along with three patches):

git clone https://github.com/jameswthorne/dss

Change into the cloned directory:

cd ~/dss/

Begin installation:

./Buildit

./Install

Kill the streaming server and web server front end:

killall DarwinStreamingServer
killall streamingadminserver.pl

To fix RTSP streams not working over HTTP, copy the QTSSHomeDirectoryModule and QTSSRefMovieModule modules to /usr/local/sbin/StreamingServerModules:

cp ~/DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source/APIModules/QTSSHomeDirectoryModule/QTSSHomeDirectoryModule /usr/local/sbin/StreamingServerModules

cp ~/DarwinStreamingSrvr6.0.3-Source/APIModules/QTSSRefMovieModule/QTSSRefMovieModule /usr/local/sbin/StreamingServerModules

Add the following to the end of /etc/streaming/streamingserver.xml just before the last tag to use the modules above:

<MODULE NAME="QTSSHomeDirectoryModule" >
    <PREF NAME="enabled" TYPE="Bool16" >false</PREF>
    <PREF NAME="movies_directory" >/Sites/Streaming/</PREF>
    <PREF NAME="max_num_conns_per_home_directory" TYPE="UInt32" >0</PREF>
    <PREF NAME="max_bandwidth_kbps_per_home_directory" TYPE="UInt32" >0</PREF>
</MODULE>
<MODULE NAME="QTSSRefMovieModule" >
    <PREF NAME="refmovie_xfer_enabled" TYPE="Bool16" >true</PREF>
    <PREF NAME="refmovie_rtsp_port" TYPE="UInt16" >0</PREF>
</MODULE>

Copy binary createuserstreamingdir to /usr/local/bin:

cp ~/dss/APIModules/QTSSHomeDirectoryModule/createuserstreamingdir /usr/local/bin/

Start Darwin Streaming Server with the following command:

DarwinStreamingServer

Start the Darwin Streaming Server Web front end with the following command:

streamingadminserver.pl

iptables Configuration

Below is an example iptables configuration in /etc/sysconfig/iptables to accept all connections on port 80 and only allow 192.168.0.192 to connect to the Darwin Streaming Server Web front end on port 1220:

*filter
:INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [1990:392294]
:HTTP - [0:0]
:QTSSADMIN - [0:0]
-A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 80 -j HTTP
-A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 1220 -j QTSSADMIN    
-A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
-A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
-A HTTP -j ACCEPT
-A QTSSADMIN -s 192.168.0.192/32 -j ACCEPT
-A QTSSADMIN -j DROP
COMMIT

It may be necessary to open port 554 to allow RTSP streaming.

After any changes, restart iptables to apply the new configuration:

service iptables restart

init.d Scripts

Darwin Streaming Server does not come with any init.d scripts.

Copy the following two init.d scripts into /etc/init.d/DarwinStreamingServer and /etc/init.d/streamingadminserver, respectively, so you can use the service command to control Darwin Streaming Server:

DarwinStreamingServer init.d Script

#!/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 345 95 5
# description: Runs DarwinStreamingServer
# processname: DarwinStreamingServer

# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

test -x /usr/local/sbin/DarwinStreamingServer || exit 0RETVAL=0

PROG="Darwin Streaming Server"
PROC=/var/lock/subsys/DarwinStreamingServer
BIN=/usr/local/sbin/DarwinStreamingServer

start()
{
        # Check if Daemon is already running
        if [ ! -f $PROC ]
        then
            echo -n $"Starting $PROG: "
            daemon $BIN
            RETVAL=$?
            [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $PROC
            echo
        fi

        return $RETVAL
}

stop()
{
        echo -n $"Stopping $PROG: "
        killproc $BIN
        RETVAL=$?
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $PROC
        echo
        return $RETVAL
}

restart()
{
        stop
        start
}

reload()
{
        restart
}

status_at()
{
        status $BIN
}

case "$1" in
start)
        start
        ;;
stop)
        stop
        ;;
reload|restart)
        restart
        ;;
condrestart)
        if [ -f $PROC ]
        then
            restart
        fi
        ;;
status)
        status_at
        ;;
*)

        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}"
        exit 1
esac

exit $?
exit $RETVAL

streamingadminserver init.d Script

#!/bin/bash
#
# chkconfig: 345 95 5
# description: Runs streamingadminserver.pl
# processname: streamingadminserver

# Source function library.
. /etc/init.d/functions

test -x /usr/local/sbin/streamingadminserver.pl || exit 0RETVAL=0

PROG="streamingadminserver"
PROC=/var/lock/subsys/streamingadminserver
BIN=/usr/local/sbin/streamingadminserver.pl

start()
{
        # Check if Daemon is already running
        if [ ! -f $PROC ]
        then
            echo -n $"Starting $PROG: "
            daemon $BIN
            RETVAL=$?
            [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && touch $PROC
            echo
        fi

        return $RETVAL
}

stop()
{
        echo -n $"Stopping $PROG: "
        killproc $BIN
        RETVAL=$?
        [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ] && rm -f $PROC
        echo
        return $RETVAL
}

restart()
{
        stop
        start
}

reload()
{
        restart
}

status_at()
{
        status $BIN
}

case "$1" in
start)
        start
        ;;
stop)
        stop
        ;;
reload|restart)
        restart
        ;;
condrestart)
        if [ -f $PROC ]
        then
            restart
        fi
        ;;
status)
        status_at
        ;;
*)

        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|condrestart|status}"
        exit 1
esac

exit $?
exit $RETVAL

Set init.d Scripts Permissions

chmod 755 /etc/init.d/DarwinStreamingServer
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/streamingadminserver

Enable Services

chkconfig DarwinStreamingServer on
chkconfig streamingadminserver on

Further Configuration via Web Interface

Assuming your Darwin Streaming Server’s hostname is dss.example.com, open a web browser and go to http://dss.example.com:1220. Follow the steps to setup additional passwords, SSL, and the directory where your streaming videos will be stored.

Viewing the Videos

By default, Darwin Streaming Server has a few sample movies available. As long as QuickTime Player is installed on Windows or OS X, you can open any web browser and go to http://dss.example.com/sample_h264_1mbit.mp4 to verify Darwin Streaming Server is working properly.

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