NOTT - New OTT

In the three-post series, we’re going to build:

• a simple video platform using open-source software (nginx-rtmp, ffmpeg, nginx)
• add code on the front end (lua)
• design a platform that will enable to add code dynamically (redis cluster)

Architecture

How to use it

# make sure you're using MacOS
git clone https://github.com/leandromoreira/nott.git
cd nott
make run

# wait until the platform is up and running
# and run the video generator in another tab
make broadcast_tvshow

# ^ for linux users, you might need to use --network=host 
# and your IP instead of this docker.for.mac.host.internal
# for windows user I dunno =(
# but you can use OBS and point to your own machine

# open your browser and point it to http://localhost:8080/app

# in a different tab - you can test the stream
http http://localhost:8080/hls/colorbar.m3u8

# in another tab - let's add CU to redis
# -- first need to discovery the redis cluster id
docker ps | grep redis

# -- then let's connect to the redis cluster
docker exec -it f44ed71b3056 redis-cli -c -p 7000
# inside redis-cluster let's add the CU
set authentication "rewrite||local token = ngx.var.arg_token or ngx.var.cookie_superstition \n if token ~= 'token' then \n return ngx.exit(ngx.HTTP_FORBIDDEN) \n else \n ngx.header['Set-Cookie'] = {'superstition=token'} \n end"
sadd coding_units authentication

# go back and test the stream response - you should eventually (after max 20s)
# receive 403 as response
http http://localhost:8080/hls/colorbar.m3u8

# add the token and it'll work again
http http://localhost:8080/hls/colorbar.m3u8?token=token

UI

TODOs

• - Admin
• - Add Vod (NGINX-based MP4 Repackager)
• - Add Nginx::Tests