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Icecast setup

Enable the Icecast daemon by adding the following line to your /etc/rc.conf file:

icecast_enable="YES"

You'll need to make a copy the default Icecast config file:

$ cd /usr/local/etc/
$ cp icecast.xml.sample icecast.xml

Now you'll need to edit the icecast.xml file. Notable thing to change:

  • <source-password> - obviously the default hackme isn't a good choice
  • <relay-password> - ditto
  • <admin-password> - double ditto
  • <hostname> - if you've got a proper DNS name, change this to it
  • uncomment the <changeowner> element and set the values of <user> and <group> to icecast
  • <logdir> - change it to /var/log/icecast

FreeBSD won't run Icecast as the root user so you'll need to create an account for the daemon:

$ adduser
Username: icecast
Full name: icecast Daemon
Uid (Leave empty for default): 99
Login group [icecast]:
Login group is icecast. Invite icecast into other groups? []:
Login class [default]:
Shell (sh csh tcsh nologin) [sh]: nologin
Home directory [/home/icecast]: /nonexistent
Use password-based authentication? [yes]: no
Lock out the account after creation? [no]:
Username   : icecast
Password   : <disabled>
Full Name  : icecast Daemon
Uid        : 99
Class      :
Groups     : icecast
Home       : /nonexistent
Shell      : /usr/sbin/nologin
Locked     : no
OK? (yes/no): yes
adduser: INFO: Successfully added (icecast) to the user database.
Add another user? (yes/no): no
Goodbye!

Create Icecast's log files:

$ mkdir /var/log/icecast
$ touch /var/log/icecast/access.log
$ touch /var/log/icecast/error.log
$ chown :icecast /var/log/icecast/*
$ chmod g+w /var/log/icecast/*.log

Verify that icecast will start:

$ /usr/local/bin/icecast -c /usr/local/etc/icecast.xml
Changed groupid to 99.
Changed userid to 99.

Hit ^C to kill it.

Then check the log file for errors:

$ tail /var/log/icecast/error.log

If that looks good go ahead and start the daemon:

$ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/icecast2 start
Starting icecast.

Open up lynx and make sure it's serving up status pages:

$ lynx http://localhost:8000

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Icecast2 Setup

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2007-10-25 11:03.

Great job! Was very helpfull for me, thanks a lot =)

just fyi

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 2006-12-10 23:08.

When I tried to start the daemon...

$ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/icecast2 start

didn't work for me, but the following command did... :-)

$ /usr/local/etc/rc.d/icecast2.sh start

Thanks for everything!

Best,
Albert

might depend on the version

Submitted by drewish on Mon, 2006-12-11 09:39.

humm might be that you're using an older version. when i wrote it, the current version didn't have the .sh extension.

for you, a photo

DSC05909_kristine

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