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PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS VERY OLD ARCHIVE INFORMATION AND MAY NOT FUNCTION ON NEW SERVERS

Installing RealNetworks Basic Server for BSD/OS

1. Install the Basic Server software. This will probably involve unpacking a tar file of the Basic Server distribution for BSD/OS.

2. Run the Basic Server setup utility. Substitute 4.01 or 5.01 for VERSION below.

   % cd ~/usr/local/pnserver-VERSION
   % ./setup
   

Please review the setup guidelines described below for help concerning specific questions the setup utility will ask you.

Setup Guidelines

• The Basic Server setup utility will ask you for a "CustomerName" and "LicenseKey". Enter these two values exactly as they appear in the license you have obtained from RealNetworks. For example:

  CustomerName
  01-0102-0009-75458

  LicenseKey
  fc600z4f20100009708f3cce0100d6040020003000000104f0097e0a81a1900002e01

• When the setup utility prompts you for the "full pathname", give it just that:
  

  /usr/home/YOUR_LOGIN_NAME/usr/local/pnserver-VERSION
  

• You need to choose the custom install option, NOT the "Express Finish", in order to correctly set the options yourself. When you are asked to choose between "Express Finish [F]" and setting the options yourself [N], be sure to select "N".

• For the various passwords, choose the same password you use to access your Virtual Server, to avoid confusion.

• You may choose the default port (port 7070) or any other above 1024, since any port above 1024 is an unprivileged port.

• You will not be able to enable "Smart Networking" since it runs on port 80, the same port on which your web server runs. Enter "No" when asked if you would like to enable Smart Networking.

• Your "user id" is the same as your login name. When you are prompted to enter your "group id", type vuser.

Starting Basic Server

1. Run the RealServer program:

   % cd ~/usr/local/pnserver-VERSION
   % ./bin/pnserver server.cfg
   

   This should start two pnserver processes. To verify this, type:

   % ps -x | grep pnserver
   

   This should show the pnserver processes running on your Virtual Server. If they are not shown, check the RealServer error log (~/usr/local/pnserver-VERSION/logs/pnerror.log) to find out why RealServer did not start.

2. Add RealServer to your Virtual Server Rc file (~/etc/rc) so that pnserver will automatically start in case of a host machine reboot:

   ~/usr/local/pnserver-VERSION/bin/pnserver ~/usr/local/pnserver-VERSION/server.cfg
   

   NOTE: If your Virtual Server does not already have an Rc file you will need to create one.

Test your RealServer by connecting to it with the RealPlayer. If you currently do not have a RealPlayer, or do not have the latest version, Download RealPlayer or RealPlayer Plus. Launch RealPlayer and do the following:

1. From the "File" menu, select "Open Location".

2. In the URL box, enter your Virtual Server domain name and a path and filename of one of the sample Real media files installed as part of the RealServer setup. These sample media clips are found in the (~/usr/local/pnserver-VERSION/content) directory. They can be accessed using a URL like this:

   pnm://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME:PORT/PATH_AND_FILENAME

   The PORT is the port you selected during RealServer installation. If you specified the default port (7070) then it is not necessary to include the port number in the URL. For example, try this:

   pnm://YOUR-DOMAIN.NAME/welcome.rm

If the RealPlayer is able to play the media file, then the RealServer was installed correctly on your Virtual Server. Congratulations!

Stopping Basic Server

% kill 'cat ~/usr/local/pnserver-VERSION/logs/pnserver.pid'

Serving Real Media

PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS OLD ARCHIVE INFORMATION AND MAY NOT FUNCTION ON NEW SERVERS