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RMS Installation

  • Log into your shell account using your favorite SSH client (UNIX only) or use a Remote Desktop Connection with your server (WINDOWS only).

NB: You need the ports 1935, 1936 and 5080 to be opened/enabled in your firewall or iptables.

Choosing a Folder to install RMS (UNIX only)

  • Choose the folder where RMS will be installed in. You can create a separate folder for that. It doesn't matter where you create this folder but remember that if you want to prevent the folder from being accessed in a browser, you should create it in the root directory of your hosting account (/) or your home directory if root is not accessible or writable (/home/myaccount/). Let's assume you have created "ray_server" folder inside "/opt" directory. Now the absolute path to your Ray Media Server folder is /opt/ray_server/.

Uploading Files

  • Download the Ray Media server application suitable for your operating system (it will be an archive for UNIX and an executable file for Windows).

If you're installing the UNIX version, unzip the archive and upload the contents of the extracted folder in the folder you created on your server (for example /opt/ray_server).

If you're installing the Windows version, you will have to run the downloaded executable file on your Windows server. After you have followed the wizard's instructions, RMS will be installed by default in C:\Program Files\RMS.

Configuring RMS

  • Make the following changes to some files inside the Ray Media Server directory:
  • access.dat – input all domain names which will be allowed to access RMS. Every domain name should be written on a separate line and should not contain "http://" and "www", just yourdomain.com;
  • ray.sh (UNIX only) – set the value for JAVA_HOME variable. It should be the path to the folder where JRE is installed. For example: 
    JAVA_HOME=/opt/ray_server/jre1.x;
  • run_daemon.sh (UNIX only) – set the value for RAY_SERVER_PATH variable. It should be the path to the RMS folder on your server. For example: 
    RAY_SERVER_PATH=/opt/ray_server;
  • change the IP addresses in the files located in 
    path_to_rms/webapps/widget_name/WEB-INF/red5-web.properties

where "path_to_rms" stands for path to your Ray Media Server folder, and "widget_name" stands for board, chat, im, video and global ("global" is only for 3.5 version). For example: open 

/opt/ray_server/webapps/chat/WEB-INF/red5.properties

for UNIX or 

C:\Program Files\RMS\webapps\chat\WEB-INF\red5.properties

(for Windows) and replace the following line: 

webapp.virtualHosts=0.0.0.0

with 

webapp.virtualHosts=10.10.10.10

You should advise with your hosting provider about your IP address or use "ping your_domain_name" command where "your_domain_name" stands for your real domain name.

Setting permissions for RMS files

  • Now you have to add "executable" permissions to all the *.sh files and ffmpeg.exe file inside RMS directory. You can do it by invoking the following command (UNIX only): 
    chmod -v 777 *.sh ffmpeg.exe
    Make sure your current directory is the RMS folder.

RMS Test launch

  • Now you can perform the test of RMS functionality. Invoke command: 
    ./ray.sh
    or run the file 
    ray.exe
    (on Windows) under Ray Media Server directory. The expected results may be as follows:
  • The server has been launched successfully if there is no error report. You can see the following lines at the end of start up screen: 
    [INFO] 6413main:( org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.info ) RootWebApplicationContext: initialization completed in 84 ms
[INFO] 6595 main:( org.mortbay.log.info ) StartedSelectChannelConnector @ 0.0.0.0:5080
[DEBUG] 6596main:( org.red5.server.Standalone.debug ) Startup done in: 6597 ms
    Now you can use BoonEx Red5 Tester to test if your server responds to remote connections. You can not use the above tester if you are installing RMS locally on you computer.

  • if you get "NetConnection.Connect.Success", then the server started up successfully and you can proceed to the RMS Running point below;
  • if you get "NetConnection.Connect.Failed", the possible reasons may be:
    • the 1935 or 1936 ports are closed on your server
    • your server uses firewall which prohibits the access to it through the 1935 port

In both cases you should advise with your hosting provider.

  • If your server doesn't have sufficient RAM or you have no permissions to start RMS, you'll see an output like this: 
    Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not reserve enough space for object heap
Could not create the Java virtual machine.
    Here's a possible solution for UNIX-based operating systems only:
  • Edit the file ray.sh. Find the line containing this text: 
    exec $JAVA -Djava.security.manager-Djava.security.policy=conf/red5.policy -cp red5.jar:conf:$CLASSPATHorg.red5.server.Standalone
    and replace it with: 
    exec $JAVA –Xint –Xms8M –Xmx16M -Djava.security.manager -Djava.security.policy=conf/red5.policy -cp red5.jar:conf:$CLASSPATH org.red5.server.Standalone

Try to restart the server now. If there are no errors, this is it! If some still appear, try to increase the numbers up to 16/32 respectively. If this brings no result, you should change your hosting plan or use a superuser (root) account for installation.

RMS runtime

Now you should cancel the execution of ray.sh or ray.exe and run RMS as a service (background application). You can do it by invoking 

./run_daemon.sh

or run the file 

run_daemon.exe

(on Windows) which is in Ray Media Server directory. You can now execute the following command on UNIX-based OS to make sure that RMS has started: 

ps ax | grep red5

The output should contain a line that looks like this: 

18247 pts/0    Sl+    0:55 /opt/red5new_555/jre1.x/bin/java -Djava.security.manager -Djava.security.policy=conf/red5.policy -cp red5.jar:conf:. org.red5.server.Standalone

If you don't see such a line, check ray.sh and run_daemon.sh for all the required changes (see Configuring RMS point above). On Windows you should run Task Manager and look for "javaw.exe" process to make sure the server has been started.

  • After you have successfully started RMS, enter Ray Base -> Base Settings, tick the Use RMS checkbox and enter your RMS IP address in the RMS Address field.

  • After you save the settings by clicking the Save button the necessary changes will be made on the RMS side and it will become usable.

Setting-up RMS on Startup

  • Now you should add a task to your server's startup file, so every time your server restarts, RMS could start automatically. On most Linux systems this file is /etc/rc.local. You should input the following lines in it: "cd path_to_rms" and "/path_to_rms/run_daemon.sh", where "path_to_rms" stands for the absolute path to Ray Media Server folder.

For example: 

cd /opt/ray_server
./run_daemon.sh

NB: on Windows machines you will have to add the following file "C:\Program Files\RMS\run_daemon.exe" to Startup.

Ray Base Settings for RMS

  • Now you need to enter the Ray Base (in Dolphin navigate to Plugins -> Ray Suite) and specify your RMS Address and ports in the Ray Base Settings (by default you should specify 1935 for RMS Port and 5080 for RMS HTTP Port). Also make sure that the Use RMS checkbox is ticked.

  • If your RMS is inaccessible you will receive a notification about it after you have completed the previous step. In case of successful connection there will be no notification.