Origin edge server setup

[KaranBhansali91]

Hi,

As mentioned here have completed setup of origin edge server. Using the command ssh -p 2001 localhost or ssh -p 2001 admin@localhost on the edge server , it does not connect. The credentials are same as the web interface , correct ?

Attached below screenshot

 

[KaranBhansali91]

Hi

Following properties added to origin server
cdn_enabled=true
cdn_ip=streamingrtmpwss.*****.***
cdn_nodes_resolve_ip=true
cdn_role=origin

Following properties added to edge server

cdn_enabled=true
cdn_ip=172.xx.xxxx.xx
cdn_nodes_resolve_ip=true
cdn_point_of_entry=streamingrtmpwss.*****.***
cdn_role=edge

As per https://docs.flashphoner.com/display/WCS52EN/CDN+2.0#CDN2.0-ServerrolesinCDN

 

[Max]

Good day.

Using the command ssh -p 2001 localhost or ssh -p 2001 admin@localhost on the edge server , it does not connect

Please use InstanceId as admin password in AWS environment

curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/instance-id

CDN setup seems to be correct. But please read this doc about using public or private networks in CDN: Network traffic flow between CDN servers behind NAT

 

[KaranBhansali91]

Hi,

Please use InstanceId as admin password in AWS environment

This is not working.

 

[Max]

The password is kept in the yml file:

/usr/local/FlashphonerWebCallServer/conf/database.yml

Example:

admin: {username: admin, password: 21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3, active: true}

Here 21232f297a57a5a743894a0e4a801fc3 = md5("admin")

Therefore you can set any password and restart WCS server to apply changes.

Example:

MD5("12345") = 1f32aa4c9a1d2ea010adcf2348166a04

Therefore:

admin: {username: admin, password: 1f32aa4c9a1d2ea010adcf2348166a04, active: true}

Login: admin
Password: 12345

If you still can't connect as admin@localhost -p 2001, make sure port 2001 is not bound by another application on your server.

netstat -nlp | grep 2001

 

[KaranBhansali91]

Hi,

This works after restarting server

 

[Max]

This works after restarting server

Yes, if you reset admins password in database.yml file, it will be applied only after WCS restart.

 

[KaranBhansali91]

Hi,

The origin server is behind load balancer and the edge server is not behind load balancer. https://edge1.com:8444/rest-api/cdn/show_routes response

{
"exception": "com.flashphoner.rest.server.exception.NotFoundException",
"reason": "com.flashphoner.rest.server.exception.NotFoundException, Not Found, No routes, ts: 1660291446628, path: /rest-api/cdn/show_routes",
"path": "/rest-api/cdn/show_routes",
"error": "Not Found",
"message": "No routes",
"timestamp": 1660291446628,
"status" : "404"
}

All the ports required for flashphoner is opened. On the edge server we cannot see the stream on the two-way streaming page

 

[Max]

Please check if origin server and edge server can see each other by CDN signaling connections. Send REST API query /cdn/show_nodes both to origin and edge. If edge server cannot connect to origin server (there is no origin in edges connection list and vice versa), please check if CDN signaling port 8084/tcp is available in both directions on origin and on edge.

 

[Max]

cdn_enabled=true
cdn_ip=172.xx.xxxx.xx
cdn_nodes_resolve_ip=false
cdn_role=origin

Following properties added to edge server

cdn_enabled=true
cdn_ip=172.xx.xxxx.xx
cdn_nodes_resolve_ip=false
cdn_point_of_entry=172.xx.xxxx.xx
cdn_role=edge

Try to disable DNS resolving and use IP addresses everywhere:
cdn_nodes_resolve_ip=false

 

[KaranBhansali91]

Hi,

https://docs.flashphoner.com/display/WCS52EN/CDN+2.2#CDN2.2-Configuration ,

Passing the key as connection parameter to play stream via RTMP we have done configuration. We are able to play hls stream using aclAuth from edge server

But we cannot play rtmp stream using the edge server in video js player

 

[Max]

Hello

But we cannot play rtmp stream using the edge server in video js player

Are you sure that video.js can play RTMP streams?
Adobe Flash Player is not currently supported in most of browser versions.
As we know video.js uses swf (Adobe Flash) binary for RTMP playback.
Make sure your browser supports Flash (maybe you are using quite old browser version with working Flash plugin).
Try to play the same RTMP stream in VLC player. VLC supports RTMP playback.
Make sure you pass aclAuth param for RTMP playback

In a player via RTMP - Web Call Server 5.2 - EN - Flashphoner Documentation

docs.flashphoner.com

 

[KaranBhansali91]

Hi,

https://docs.flashphoner.com/pages/...40#LoadtestingusingWebRTC/RTMPpulling-Testing , can you share chrome extension . Not able to open http://streamingrtmpwss.styck.com:9091/client2/examples/demo/streaming/console/console.html (origin server)

 

[Max]

https://docs.flashphoner.com/pages/...40#LoadtestingusingWebRTC/RTMPpulling-Testing , can you share chrome extension

Please use this extension to enable/disable CORS in Chrome browser: Allow CORS: Allow-Control-Allow-Origin

Not able to open http://streamingrtmpwss.styck.com:9091/client2/examples/demo/streaming/console/console.html (origin server)

This page returns empty response:

Please check if WCS is running on this address and listens the port 9091. Make sure this is not a load balancer address.
If nofing helps, please provide SSH access to the server using this form.

 

[KaranBhansali91]

Please use this extension to enable/disable CORS in Chrome browser: Allow CORS: Allow-Control-Allow-Origin

This page returns empty response:
View attachment 3251
Please check if WCS is running on this address and listens the port 9091. Make sure this is not a load balancer address.
If nofing helps, please provide SSH access to the server using this form.

 

[KaranBhansali91]

Cors test result. SSH details shared

 

[Max]

Now it seems like the console example is working:

Please do not forget to enable CORS in the extension: toggle this picture if it is grayed

 

[KaranBhansali91]

Hi,

How to autoscale the origin edge setup using domain and not private IP address? As we cannot autoscale origin server using private IP

 

[Max]

Please read this doc: AWS load balancer with auto scale quick setup

 

[Max]

As we cannot autoscale origin server using private IP

You can use a public network addresses if:
1. There is a "main" origin which is always active and is not balanced, as CDN entry point
2. cdn_ip of every server is public IP (or domain name)
3. cdn_point_of_entry of every server is the "main" origin public IP (or domain name)
You can use User data script to set the parameters properly. Please see the usage example here: Launching AWS Auto Scaling group with load balancing from AWS Marketplace AMI
Note that in this case all the signaling and media traffic will flow through the public network even between the servers in the same datacenter.