Base
Hardened build
minimal ports, security patches applied at build time
Red5 Media Server
AWS
Azure
Streaming & Messaging
2 variations
Red5 open source media server, streaming live RTMP, RTMPS and HLS video to your own audience on infrastructure you control.
Variations
Choose the operating system, cloud and version you need. Every variation is the same hardened Red5 Media Server image, built and supported by cloudimg.
| Product | Cloud | Operating system | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red5 Open Source Live Streaming Media Server | AWS | — | Standard | View · Guide |
| Red5 Open Source Media Server on Ubuntu 24.04 | Azure | Ubuntu 24.04 | Standard | View · Guide |
Overview
Red5 is an open source media server for real time live streaming. It ingests live video and audio over RTMP and RTMPS from encoders such as OBS, FFmpeg and hardware broadcasters, then relays it to viewers over RTMP, HLS and WebSocket, and it can record incoming streams to disk for video on demand playback. Built on an embedded application server, it ships with live, video on demand and chat demo applications and an application model that lets developers write their own streaming apps against its API.
It suits broadcasters, developers and platform teams who want a self hosted, low latency live streaming backend rather than a third party streaming service: a private ingest and delivery server for live events, a recording and replay origin for on demand video, or the streaming engine behind a custom real time application.
Why the cloudimg image
cloudimg delivers Red5 fully installed on a hardened, fully patched base, secure by default. The web interface is bound to the loopback address and fronted by a reverse proxy that enforces HTTP Basic Auth, and the administrative password is generated uniquely on each instance's first boot and written to a root only file, so there is no shared or baked credential and every bundled default demo account is removed from the image. The streaming ingest ports are ready to accept live video the moment the instance boots, the base keeps receiving unattended security updates, and every deployment is paired with a step by step deploy guide, backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.
Common uses
- A private, low latency live streaming ingest and delivery server for live events
- A recording and replay origin for on demand video
- The real time streaming engine behind a custom application
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