owncast v0.1.0

Apps

Owncast — a self-hosted live streaming and chat server, an open-source alternative to Twitch/YouTube Live: stream over RTMP and viewers watch on your own web page with built-in chat. Deployed as a single host-networked Nomad service on SQLite with a data volume.

nomad-pack run owncast --registry nomploy

…or one line (add registry + run)

curl -fsSL https://packs.nomploy.com/install.sh | sh -s -- owncast

Needs nomad-pack on PATH. The script only adds the nomploy registry and runs this pack.

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1 task http 8080rtmp 1935 1 volume image owncast/owncast:latest tracks :latest image bumped today

Variables 9

values.hcl

Save as values.hcl, edit, then run:

nomad-pack run owncast -f values.hcl --registry nomploy

# The name of the Nomad job.
job_name = "owncast"

# The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
namespace = "default"

# The datacenters to deploy to.
datacenters = ["*"]

# The Owncast container image. Pin a tag in production.
image = "owncast/owncast:latest"

# Host port for the web player, chat, and admin.
port = 8080

# Host port for RTMP ingest (point your broadcaster here).
rtmp_port = 1935

# Named volume for the SQLite config, HLS segments, and logs (/app/data).
data_volume = "owncast_data"

# Placement constraints. Pin to the node holding the volume. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
constraints = []

# The task resources (transcoding is CPU-heavy).
resources = {
    cpu    = 1000
    memory = 512
  }

Name	Type	Default	Description
job_name	string	"owncast"	The name of the Nomad job.
namespace	string	"default"	The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
datacenters	list	["*"]	The datacenters to deploy to.
image	string	"owncast/owncast:latest"	The Owncast container image. Pin a tag in production.
port	number	8080	Host port for the web player, chat, and admin.
rtmp_port	number	1935	Host port for RTMP ingest (point your broadcaster here).
data_volume	string	"owncast_data"	Named volume for the SQLite config, HLS segments, and logs (/app/data).
constraints	list	[]	Placement constraints. Pin to the node holding the volume. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
resources	object	{ cpu = 1000 memory = 512 }	The task resources (transcoding is CPU-heavy).

Back up this pack

This pack stores data in one Docker named volume: owncast_data

restic

# Run on the node hosting this pack. Point restic at your repo first:
#   export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="s3:https://<account>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/<bucket>"
#   export RESTIC_PASSWORD="<repo-password>"
#   export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key>  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret>
restic backup \
  /var/lib/docker/volumes/owncast_data/_data

rclone (sync to S3/R2)

rclone sync /var/lib/docker/volumes/owncast_data/_data backup:<bucket>/owncast_data

Paths assume the default Docker volume location (/var/lib/docker/volumes). Restore by stopping the job, restoring files into the same volume, and re-running the pack.

Readme

owncast

Owncast — a self-hosted live streaming and chat server; an open-source alternative to Twitch/YouTube Live. Stream over RTMP and viewers watch on your own page with built-in chat.

Single host-networked Nomad service on SQLite with a data volume.

Deploy

nomad-pack registry add nomploy https://github.com/Nomploy/nomad-packs
nomad-pack run owncast --registry=nomploy

Configure

Variable	Default	Description
`port`	`8080`	Web player / chat / admin.
`rtmp_port`	`1935`	RTMP ingest.
`data_volume`	`owncast_data`	`/app/data` — config, HLS segments, logs.
`image`	`owncast/owncast:latest`	Container image. Pin a tag in production.
`resources`	`{ cpu = 1000, memory = 512 }`	Task resources (transcoding is CPU-heavy).

Admin is at /admin (default admin / abc123 — change it, and set your stream key). Point OBS at rtmp://<node-ip>:1935/live. Pin the job to the node holding the volume with constraints.