Installing Mediaproxy 2 on CentOS 5 64bit
Mediaproxy 2 is a Python application from AG-Projects which is available as a free download as well as being available as a commercial product from AG-Projects. It is used in combination with the Mediaproxy module of OpenSIPS.Unlike Mediaproxy 1, the new version has a lot of dependencies and it can be quite tricky to install. The INSTALL instructions that come with the package are very helpful, but unfortunately they are aimed primarily at installers who either have Debian or Ubuntu Linux distributions. If you are using CentOS (or Red Hat), especially the 64 bit versions, then getting Mediaproxy 2 to run could be the cause of much lost sleep (or lost hair or both)!
Having spent at least three days tearing my hair out getting it to work, it seemed like a friendly thing to do would be to let other CentOS OpenSIPS installers have the benefit of my experience. It also provides me with a reference document next time I want to build an OpenSIPS server on CentOS.
So here are the sequential instructions for installing the libraries needed for Mediaproxy 2. If you follow the instructions here, then continue with the instructions already supplied in the INSTALL file that comes with Mediaproxy 2, then you should get a result (much quicker than the first time I tried). ....and many thanks to Dan Pascu of ag-projects for all his help.
Update and install some packages using YUM
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C and C++ compilers yum install gcc yum install gcc-c++ Development libraries and headers for some existing packages yum install libgpg-error-devel.x86_64 yum install python-devel.x86_64 |
Install Linux libnetfilter_conntrack from RPM
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libnfnetlink Suggested version: libnfnetlink-0.0.25-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm Locating a download: Use Advanced Search here http://rpm.pbone.net Install: rpm -i libnfnetlink-0.0.25-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm libnfnetlink-devel Suggested version: libnfnetlink-devel-0.0.25-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm Locating a download: Use Advanced Search here http://rpm.pbone.net Install: rpm -i libnfnetlink-devel-0.0.25-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm libnetfilter_conntrack Suggested version: libnetfilter_conntrack-0.0.97-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm Locating a download: Use Advanced Search here http://rpm.pbone.net Install: rpm -i libnetfilter_conntrack-0.0.97-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm libnetfilter_conntrack-devel Suggested version: libnetfilter_conntrack-devel-0.0.97-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm Locating a download: Use Advanced Search here http://rpm.pbone.net Install: rpm -i libnetfilter_conntrack-devel-0.0.97-1.el5.rf.x86_64.rpm |
Install libgcrypt (if needed) and gnutls from source tarball
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Check your libgcrypt version first. Install v1.2.4 if required Depending on which release of CentOS you are using, it is possible that your server already has a sufficiently up-to-date version of libgcrypt. Check the existing version using the following yum command: yum info libgcrypt If yum shows a version later than 1.2.4 then you will not need to install from source. Instead, just make sure that yum shows the library is "installed" rather than just being "available". If it is not installed, use this command to install it: yum install libgcrypt If you are running on an older CentOS release with a correspondingly old version of libgcrypt, then you will have to install a newer version from source as follows: Suggested version: libgcrypt-1.2.4.tar.gz Locating a download site: http://www.gnupg.org/download/mirrors.en.html Unzip: tar -xzf libgcrypt-1.2.4.tar.gz Change to the sub-directory created when you unzipped the tarball Build and install the library: ./configure --libdir=/usr/local/lib64 make make install Then install gnutls Suggested version: gnutls-2.4.2.tar.bz2 Locating a download site: http://www.gnupg.org/download/mirrors.en.html Unzip: tar -xf gnutls-2.4.2.tar.bz2 Change to the sub-directory created when you unzipped the tarball Build and install the library: ./configure --with-included-libtasn1 --libdir=/usr/local/lib64 make make install |
Manually copy some run-time libraries to /usr/lib64
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Copy the following dynamic libraries from /usr/local/lib64 to /usr/lib64 libgcrypt.so.11.2.3 (only if you installed v1.2.4 from source) libgnutls.so.26 libgnutls.so.26.4.6 libgnutls-extra.so.26 libgnutls-extra.so.26.4.6 libgnutls-openssl.so.26 libgnutls-openssl.so.26.4.6 You may also need to edit the sym-link /usr/lib64/libgcrypt.so.11 On older releases of CentOS 5 where it was necessary to install libgcrypt 1.2.4 from source, you will probably find remnants of the older version of libgcrypt that was already present on the machine before you installed version 1.2.4. In this case, it may be necessary to modify or replace a sym-link present in /usr/lib64: libgcrypt.so.11 --> libgcrypt.so.11.2.2 On my server, I used midnight commander to edit the sym-link so it pointed to the new runtime library installed from the tarball. It now looks like this: libgcrypt.so.11 --> libgcrypt.so.11.2.3 |
Install some Python packages
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Install ctypes This library is required for Python version 2.4, which is the default version installed by yum at the time of writing. However, if you have Python version 2.5 (or later) then you probably will not need this library as it is included. Suggested version: ctypes-1.0.2.tar.gz Locating a download site: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/ctypes/1.0.2 Unzip: tar -xzf ctypes-1.0.2.tar.gz Change to the sub-directory created when you unzipped the tarball Build and install the library: ./setup.py build ./setup.py install Install python-application Suggested version: python-application-1.1.5.tar.gz Locating a download site: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-application/1.1.5 Unzip: tar -xzf python-application-1.1.5.tar.gz Change to the sub-directory created when you unzipped the tarball Build and install the library: ./setup.py build ./setup.py install Install python-cjson Suggested version: python-cjson-1.0.5.tar.gz Locating a download site: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-cjson/1.0.5 Unzip: tar -xzf python-cjson-1.0.5.tar.gz Change to the sub-directory created when you unzipped the tarball Build and install the library: ./setup.py build ./setup.py install Install python-gnutls Suggested version: python-gnutls-1.1.9.tar.gz Locating a download site: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-gnutls/1.1.9 Unzip: tar -xzf python-gnutls-1.1.9.tar.gz Change to the sub-directory created when you unzipped the tarball Build and install the library: ./setup.py build ./setup.py install |
Install Python-ZopeInterface from RPM
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Python-Zopeinterface Suggested version: python-ZopeInterface-3.3.0-1.el5.pp.x86_64.rpm Locating a download: Use Advanced Search here http://rpm.pbone.net Install: rpm -i python-ZopeInterface-3.3.0-1.el5.pp.x86_64.rpm |
Install the Twisted Python package
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Install the core Twisted package from Twisted Matrix Labs Suggested version: Twisted-8.1.0.tar.bz2 Locating a download site: http://twistedmatrix.com/trac Unzip: tar -xf Twisted-8.1.0.tar.bz2 Change to the sub-directory created when you unzipped the tarball Build and install the library: ./setup.py build ./setup.py install |
Install Mediaproxy 2
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Mediaproxy 2 Suggested version: mediaproxy-2.3.8.tar.gz Locating a download site: http://download.ag-projects.com/MediaProxy Suggested location to copy and then unzip the tarball: /usr/local Unzip: tar -xzf mediaproxy-2.3.8.tar.gz Change to the sub-directory created when you unzipped the tarball Build and install the library (system wide): ./setup.py build ./setup.py install Build and install the library (standalone in the local directory): ./build_inplace |
And finally...
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Set ip forwarding with immediate effect echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward Set ip forwarding permanently Edit the file /etc/sysctl.conf Change the line "net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0" to "net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1" config.ini Create a config.ini file from the sample template provided (config.ini.sample) and copy it to the appropriate directory. Using the system wide version, put it in /etc/mediaproxy. For standalone build you can also put it in the local directory where media-relay and media-dispatcher are located. If a file exists in both locations, the local one takes precedence. |
