[Icecast] running an icecast server

David Saunders abitar.com at gmail.com
Sun Jan 17 14:36:47 UTC 2016


Hey.

      They are big questions,  I no expert with exploits of icecast so I
will give you what I have gain from experiences.



On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Edoardo Putti <edoardo.putti at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm in the process of running an Icecast server and I would like to know
> some best pratices.
>
> 1. Should I place Icecast on port 8000 or should I change that to one more
> common (80, 443...)?
> 2. Should I place the server behind a webserver like ngingx or apache?
> 3.Can I disable the login interface? what can be disabled?
>
> My best guess is to run icecast behind a webserver, keeping icecast on
> port 8000 and refusing everything that is not a request for a legit mount,
> adding a custom admin url.
>
> Thanks for your input
>
> Edoardo Putti
>
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