Installation on Linux - Red5/red5-server GitHub Wiki

Install JDK

Linux 32-bit installation instructions

Linux 64-bit installation instructions

Create directory for Red5

mkdir -p /usr/share/red5

Set environment variable for Red5

export RED5_HOME=/usr/share/red5

Get the latest tarball for Red5

• Browse to Red5 Server Releases
• Scroll to "Latest Release"
• Download the tar.gz
• Copy to RED5_HOME
• Expand the tarball

Start the server

cd /usr/share/red5
./red5.sh &

Stop the server

cd /usr/share/red5
./red5-shutdown.sh

Configure init script

Sample script for init, may be found here