how to properly stream everything behind nginx proxy?

[ralyodio]

I am using docker and it appears to work but the nginx isn't setup properly for streaming (no data is coming through):

server {
    server_name	stream.profullstack.com;
    index index.html;
    root /home/ubuntu/www/profullstack.com/stream;

    add_header 'Cache-Control' 'no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, proxy-revalidate, max-age=0';
    add_header 'Last-Modified' '';
    if_modified_since off;
    expires -1;
    etag off;

    listen [::]:443 ssl http2; #managed by Certbot
    listen 443 ssl http2; #managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate /etc/letsencrypt/live/stream.profullstack.com/fullchain.pem; #managed by Certbot
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/letsencrypt/live/stream.profullstack.com/privkey.pem; # managed by Certbot
    include /etc/letsencrypt/options-ssl-nginx.conf; #managed by Certbot
    ssl_dhparam /etc/letsencrypt/ssl-dhparams.pem; #managed by Certbot

    #try_files $uri $uri/ /index.html;
    client_max_body_size 10M;

    location ~ /\. {
        deny all;
        return 403;
    }

    location /restreamer/ {
        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080/;
        proxy_http_version 1.1;
        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
        proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto https;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
    }
}

what else do i need to add?

[ralyodio]

bump

[ioppermann]

Please consult our guide on proxying: https://docs.datarhei.com/restreamer/knowledge-base/user-guides/proxying

If you are running nginx in a Docker container separate from Restreamer, then you have to adjust the IP the proxy_pass directive is pointing to. In order to connect from one container to another, this guide might be helpful: https://docs.docker.com/engine/network/tutorials/standalone/

[ralyodio]

That proxying doc isn't very good. I'm confused. It really only shows how to proxy 8080 which works fine for me.

[ralyodio]

http {
    server {
        listen 80;
        server_name ...;

        [your site configuration]

        location /restreamer/ {
            proxy_http_version 1.1;
            proxy_pass http://192.168.1.42:8080/;
            proxy_redirect off;
        }
    }
}

stream {
    server {
        listen 1935;
        proxy_pass 192.168.1.42:1935;
    }

    server {
        listen 6000 udp reuseport;
        proxy_pass 192.168.1.42:6000;
    }
}

what is the 2nd block? I don't understand

[ioppermann]

nginx is usually only proxying HTTP requests. The 2nd block is for proxying RTMP (port 1935) and SRT (port 6000 via UDP).

[ralyodio]

can i modify routes at all? like I want stream to work off location /restreamer somehow.

[ioppermann]

Yes, the route can be modified, e.g. location /camera1/.

[ralyodio]

so i still can't get this to work. I try to publish to rtmp url and it doesn't recognize it.

[ioppermann]

The location block is only for HTTP requests. For publishing RTMP you first have to enable RTMP in Restreamer and then configure the stream block in nginx properly:

stream {
    server {
        listen 2035;
        proxy_pass 127.0.0.1:1935;
    }
}

where you have to adjust the IP to the IP where Restreamer is running. If it is running on the same box, the IP will be 127.0.0.1. In this case you have also to consider that nginx and Restreamer can't listen on the same port 1935 at the same time. A solution to this would be to change the listening port to eg. 2035 in the nginx configuration.