How to build the nginx RTMP module

Greetings folks,

This post will cover how to build the rtmp module for nginx without the need to re-compile your whole nginx installation.
Things you need:

• nginx source code (e.g. http://nginx.org/download/nginx-1.17.9.tar.gz)
• rtmp module source code (https://github.com/arut/nginx-rtmp-module)

Be sure that the version of nginx you download matches your installed version. Use sudo nginx -v to find your correct version.
Download the nginx code with wget or curl. Clone the rtmp source code into a directory of your choice.

The next step is to build the module.

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Enter the directory of the nginx source code. Then compile the sources using the following command:

Once the compilation has finished build the module.

Next step is to copy the module (.so extension) to the desired folder where nginx expects it to be:

sudo mv objs/ngx_rtmp_module.so /usr/lib/nginx/modules/

Then instruct nginx to load the module by creating a config file under /etc/nginx/modules-enabled/nginx-rtmp.conf.

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That's it. If you want to use the module then add the following section to your nginx.conf

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Over and Out

Aebian