[Icecast] Need help with config file

[Big Wave Dave]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Luis Barrett <getpaid00 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you for your time...we made some changes to our config file and the
> server doesn't want to start with the command icecast -c
> /path/to/icecast.xml giving the error:
>
> 'Could not create listener socket on port 8000 Server startup failed.
> Exiting'
>
> can you look at the config file bellow and let us know of any changes that
> might help.  we need to be able to have 10,000 clients listening to the
> server at once. 1,000 to start and we want our mount point to be
> /stream1.mp3
> Thank you in advance
> Luis
>
>
>
> <icecast>
> <limits>
> <clients>1000</clients>
> <sources>2</sources>
> <threadpool>5</threadpool>
> <queue-size>524288</queue-size>
> <client-timeout>30</client-timeout>
> <header-timeout>15</header-timeout>
> <source-timeout>10</source-timeout>
>
> <burst-size>65535</burst-size>
> </limits>
>
> <authentication>
>
> <source-password>anveo23</source-password>
>
> <relay-password>hackme</relay-password>
>
> <admin-user>admin</admin-user>
> <admin-password>mami</admin-password>
> </authentication>
>
>
>
> <yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout>
> <yp-url>http://dir.xiph.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url>
> </directory>
> <directory>
> <yp-url-timeout>15</yp-url-timeout>
> <yp-url>http://www.oddsock.org/cgi-bin/yp-cgi</yp-url>
> </directory>
> -->
>
> <hostname>localhost</hostname>
>
> 8000</port> -->
> 127.0.0.1</bind-address>-->
>
> elements -->
> <listen-socket>
> <port>8000</port>
> 127.0.0.1</bind-address> -->
> </listen-socket>
>
> <port>8001</port>
> </listen-socket>
> -->
>
> 127.0.0.1</master-server>-->
> 8001</master-server-port>-->
> 120</master-update-interval>-->
> hackme</master-password>-->
> 1</master-relay-auth>-->
>
> definitions here.
> The default is 0 -->
> 1</relays-on-demand>-->
>
> and this port to master server for redirecting
> clients to this slave -->
> 8000</master-redirect-port>-->
>
>
>
> <server>127.0.0.1</server>
> <port>8001</port>
> <mount>example.ogg</mount>
> <local-mount>example.ogg</local-mount>
> <on-demand>1</on-demand>
>
> <relay-shoutcast-metadata>0</relay-shoutcast-metadata>
> </relay>
> -->
>
> section if you want to use advanced options,
> like alternative usernames or passwords
> <mount>
> <mount-name>example.ogg</mount-name>
>
> <username>source</username>
> <password>memore</password>
>
> <max-listeners>1</max-listeners>
> <dump-file>/tmp/dump-example1.ogg</dump-file>
> <burst-size>65536</burst-size>
> <fallback-mount>/example2.ogg</fallback-mount>
> <fallback-override>1</fallback-override>
> <fallback-when-full>1</fallback-when-full>
> <intro>/path/to/stream-intro.ogg</intro>
> <hidden>1</hidden>
> <authentication type="htpasswd">
> <option name="filename" value="myauth"/>
> <option name="allow_duplicate_users" value="0"/>
> </authentication>
> <on-connect>/home/icecast/bin/stream-start</on-connect>
> <on-disconnect>/home/icecast/bin/stream-stop</on-disconnect>
> </mount>
> -->
>
> ....
> <authentication type="command">
> <option name="filename" value="auth_verify"/>
> </authentication>
>
> or
>
> for url auth, the add url needs to return a "icecast-auth-user: 1" http
> header for a user to authenicate. Both urls are sent params via POST,
> add is sent id, mount, user, pass, ip, useragent
> remove is passed id, mount, user, pass, duration
>
> <authentication type="url">
>
> state username/password if url requires it
>
> <option name="username" value="admin"/>
> <option name="password" value="hackme"/>
> <option name="add"
> value="http://myauthserver.com/scripts/add_listener.php"/>
> <option name="remove"
> value="http://myauthserver.com/scripts/del_listener.php"/>
> </authentication>
> </mount -->
>
> <fileserve>1</fileserve>
>
> /stream1.mp3</shoutcast-mount>
> -->
>
> <paths>
>
> <basedir>/usr/share/icecast</basedir>
>
> is turned on below, these paths must both
> be relative to the new root, not the original root -->
> <logdir>/var/log/icecast</logdir>
> <webroot>/usr/share/icecast/web</webroot>
> <adminroot>/usr/share/icecast/admin</adminroot>
> <pidfile>/var/run/icecast/icecast.pid</pidfile>
>
>
>
> -->
>
> <alias source="/" dest="/status.xsl"/>
> </paths>
>
> <logging>
> <accesslog>access.log</accesslog>
> <errorlog>error.log</errorlog>
> <playlistlog>playlist.log</playlistlog>
> <loglevel>4</loglevel>
> </logging>
>
> <security>
> <chroot>0</chroot>
> <changeowner>
> <user>icecast</user>
> <group>icecast</group>
> </changeowner>
> </security>
> </icecast>
>

Perhaps a silly question, but have you tried starting it when logged
in as "root"?   Is it possible some other application is already
running on port 8000?

Dave