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How to install a Livepeer Gateway from source binary

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This guide covers installing the Livepeer Gateway from source binary on Linux.

1. Prerequisites

   Ensure you have wget and tar installed & up-to-date on your system.

   • tar is pre-installed on macOS and most linux distributions.

   
   

   Quick Install wget with Homebrew

   install wget with brew

   # Check if wget is installed
   brew list --versions wget
   # Install wget if not already installed
   brew install wget
   

   Other wget Install Options

   Linux

   You can use brew or your package manager to install wget

   Show >_ Using Package Manager

   Linux Ubuntu/Debian

   sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade wget
   sudo apt install -y wget
   

   Alpine

   sudo apk update
   sudo apk add wget
   

   Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/Rocky

   sudo dnf update
   sudo dnf install -y wget
   

   Arch

   sudo pacman -Syu
   sudo pacman -S wget
   

   Show >_ Using brew

   brew install

   # Install brew if not already installed
   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
   

   version check

   # Check if wget is installed
   brew list --versions wget
   brew list --versions tar
   

   upgrade wget

   # Upgrade wget if already installed
   brew upgrade wget
   brew upgrade tar
   

   install wget

   # Install wget if not already installed
   brew install wget
   

   update all brew packages

   # Update all brew packages
   brew update && bre upgrade
   

   MacOS

   MacOS users will also need to install libx11 and --cask xquartz

   You can use brew or curl to install wget

   Show >_ Using brew

   Using brew

   brew

   # Install brew if not already installed
   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
   
   # Check if wget is installed
   brew list --versions wget
   
   # Upgrade wget if already installed
   brew upgrade wget
   
   # Install wget if not already installed
   brew install wget libx11 --cask xquartz
   
   # Update all brew packages
   brew update && bre upgrade
   

   Show >_ Using curl

   Using curl

   
   

   curl

   curl -LO https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.21.4.tar.gz
   tar -xzf wget-1.21.4.tar.gz
   cd wget-1.21.4
   ./configure && make && sudo make install
   

2. Download & Install Binary

   linux

   Note: is dynamically fetched from the go-livepeer releases page via Gtihub API.

   sudo wget https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/releases/download/v0.7.7/livepeer-linux-amd64.tar.gz

   Show >_ In case of version fetch issues

   In case of fetch issues: Replace with the latest version number

   wget

   sudo wget https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/releases/download/<VERSION>/livepeer-linux-amd64.tar.gz
   

   MacOS

   Note: is dynamically fetched from the go-livepeer releases page via Gtihub API.

   Intel

   curl -LO https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/releases/download/v0.7.7/livepeer-darwin-amd64.tar.gz

   Show >_ In case of version fetch issues

   curl

   curl -LO https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/releases/<VERSION>/download/livepeer-darwin-amd64.tar.gz
   tar -zxvf livepeer-darwin-amd64.tar.gz
   sudo mv livepeer-darwin-amd64/* /usr/local/bin/
   livepeer -gateway
   

   Apple Silicon

   curl -LO https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/releases/download/v0.7.7/livepeer-darwin-arm64.tar.gz

   Show >_ In case of version fetch issues

   curl

   curl -LO https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/releases/<VERSION>/download/livepeer-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
   tar -zxvf livepeer-darwin-arm64.tar.gz
   sudo mv livepeer-darwin-arm64/* /usr/local/bin/
   livepeer -gateway
   

   curl -LO https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/releases/download/v0.7.7/livepeer-linux-amd64.tar.gz

   Show >_ In case of version fetch issues

   In case of fetch issues: Replace with the latest version number

   curl

   curl -LO https://github.com/livepeer/go-livepeer/releases/download/<VERSION>/livepeer-linux-amd64.tar.gz
   

   Unpack and remove the compressed file

   sudo tar -zxvf livepeer-linux-amd64.tar.gz
   sudo rm livepeer-linux-amd64.tar.gz
   sudo mv livepeer-linux-amd64/* /usr/local/bin/
   
3. Run the Gateway

   Off-Chain Gateways

   Off-chain mode is the default network and requires no blockchain connectivity (no wallet or RPC).

   • defaultNetwork := “offchain”

   run the Gateway

   # Run the gateway
   livepeer -gateway
   

   On-Chain Gateways

   You will need to Generate Keystore File

   When generating a new keystore file, the program will prompt you for a password. This password is used to decrypt the keystore file and access the private key. Make sure to never share or lose access to either the password or the keystore file

   Run the Gateway

   # Set your Arbitrum RPC URL
   export RPC_URL="<YOUR_ARBITRUM_RPC_URL>"
   
   # Run the gateway
   livepeer -network arbitrum-one-mainnet -ethUrl $RPC_URL -gateway
   

   Output Example

   Off-Chain Gateway Example Output

     >_ livepeer -gateway
   
     *---------*------*
     | Gateway | true |
     *---------*------*
     I1222 12:37:23.339916   97244 starter.go:537] ***Livepeer is running on the offchain network***
     I1222 12:37:23.340276   97244 starter.go:554] Creating data dir: /Users/<me>/.lpData/offchain
     I1222 12:37:23.344584   97244 starter.go:723] ***Livepeer is in off-chain mode***
     E1222 12:37:23.345022   97244 starter.go:1586] No orchestrator specified; transcoding will not happen
     I1222 12:37:23.350972   97244 starter.go:1827] ***Livepeer Running in Gateway Mode***
     I1222 12:37:23.350991   97244 starter.go:1828] Video Ingest Endpoint - rtmp://127.0.0.1:1935
     I1222 12:37:23.351002   97244 starter.go:1837] Livepeer Node version: 0.8.8
     I1222 12:37:23.351124   97244 mediaserver.go:247] HTTP Server listening on http://127.0.0.1:9935
     I1222 12:37:23.351398   97244 webserver.go:20] CLI server listening on 127.0.0.1:5935
   

Jump to Configuration to finish configuring the Gateway

Show OLD DOCS ITEMS (move to config)

Configure Gateway

Create a file containing your Gateway Ethereum password

sudo mkdir /usr/local/bin/lptConfig
sudo nano /usr/local/bin/lptConfig/node.txt

Enter your password and save the file

Create System Service

Create a system service

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/livepeer.service

Paste and update the following startup script with your personal info:

[Unit]
Description=Livepeer

[Service]
Type=simple
User=root
Restart=always
RestartSec=4
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/livepeer -network arbitrum-one-mainnet \
-ethUrl=<YOUR ARB RPC URL> \
-cliAddr=127.0.0.1:5935 \
-ethPassword=/usr/local/bin/lptConfig/node.txt \
-maxPricePerUnit=300 \
-broadcaster=true \
-serviceAddr=<INSERT YOUR IP ADDRESS>:8935 \
-transcodingOptions=/usr/local/bin/lptConfig/transcodingOptions.json \
-rtmpAddr=0.0.0.0:1935 \
-httpAddr=0.0.0.0:8935 \
-monitor=true \
-v 6

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Start the system service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable --now livepeer

Open the Livepeer CLI

livepeer_cli -host 127.0.0.1 -http 5935