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Install on a server

One command on a server you rent or own. It installs everything creekX needs and starts it. Run it again later and it upgrades.

Choose a server

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, 64-bit, with an Intel or AMD processor.
  • To try it: 2 processor cores, 8 GB of memory and 100 GB of disk.
  • For several 24/7 channels: 4 cores and 16 GB, and more disk for your videos.
  • Data each month matters most for 24/7 channels: one Full HD channel sends about 2.6 TB a month to each platform it plays on. Check your plan's allowance.

Any provider works. Choose a location near the people who will watch.

Install, step by step

  1. Point a domain at the server (recommended)

    In your domain's DNS settings, add an A record for a name such as live, with the server's IP address as its value. creekX then gets an https certificate by itself. Going live from a browser needs https. No domain yet? Skip this; you can add one later.

  2. Connect to the server

    Use SSH, as a user who can use sudo. Your provider's control panel shows how; many have a "Console" button in the browser.

  3. Run the installer

    curl -fsSL https://creekx.io/get.sh | sudo bash

    It downloads creekX, checks the download is not damaged, and asks:

    • your domain, for example live.example.com (Enter to skip);
    • the owner's email, which you sign in with;
    • the owner's password, 12 characters or more.

    Prefer to give the answers up front? Put them after bash -s --:

    curl -fsSL https://creekx.io/get.sh | sudo bash -s -- --domain live.example.com --email you@example.com

  4. Open the address it prints

    Sign in with your email and password. Your 14-day free trial has started. Next: Quick start.

Ports to open

If your provider has its own firewall (often called a security group), open these:

Port For
80, 443 (TCP) The app and watching
1935 (TCP) OBS and streaming apps (RTMP)
1936 (TCP) OBS, encrypted (RTMPS), with a domain
8554 (TCP) Cameras and encoders sending RTSP
8890 (UDP) SRT encoders
8189 (UDP, TCP) Going live from a browser, and real-time watching
9100–9199 (UDP) Encoders sending MPEG-TS over UDP

Add a domain later

Point the domain at the server (step 1 above), then on the server run:

sudo creekx domain live.example.com

https comes with it and is renewed by itself.

Upgrade to a newer version

Run the same install line again. Your settings, videos, licence and trial are kept. If the new version does not start, the previous one is put back by itself.

A server without internet

For closed networks, ask us for the offline bundle. It carries everything the installer would download, checks every file before using it, and asks nothing of the network. Copy it to the server, then: 

sudo ./perpetua-VERSION-offline/install.sh --offline perpetua-VERSION-linux-x64-offline.tar.gz --no-domain --email you@example.com

Ask for the offline bundle