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🎬 Setup Owncast — Your Own Live Streaming Server

Deploy Owncast on Ubuntu with Docker — a self-hosted live streaming server with built-in chat, a Twitch alternative you control, with the web player on port 8280 and RTMP ingest on 1935.

⚠️ This script is provided for demo and testing purposes only. Not intended for production use.

📦 Resources & Setup Scripts

Grab the automated bash script from GitHub to follow along with the video.

Automated install script — one command deploys Owncast with the web player on port 8280 and RTMP ingest on 1935. It ships with the well-known default admin password: change it immediately.
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Quick Install:

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhmdali94/Docker/main/media/owncast/owncast-ubuntu.sh
chmod +x owncast-ubuntu.sh
./owncast-ubuntu.sh

Tutorial Steps

1 Download the Script

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhmdali94/Docker/main/media/owncast/owncast-ubuntu.sh

2 Make it Executable

chmod +x owncast-ubuntu.sh

3 Run the Installer

./owncast-ubuntu.sh

4 Open the Admin Panel and Change the Password

http://your-server-ip:8280/admin

Ports Used

PortPurpose
8280Web player and admin panel (mapped from container port 8080)
1935RTMP ingest — push your stream here from OBS

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