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Nimble Streamer Installation Procedure

Nimble Streamer can be installed on all major platforms and their flavors. You may have bare metal or virtual server - Nimble works fine in any environment.

The process is simple:

Sign up for WMSPanel account, or sign in if have it.
Log into your server and install Nimble Streamer.
Register Nimble instance in WMSPanel.
Set up Nimble instance via WMSPanel and use it in various scenarios.

You won't no need to log into your server again after installaiton.

You'll have 2 weeks of free trial period at your registration. Nimble Streamer instance costs only 50 USD per month after that, see full price list for more details.

You may also watch video tutorials on our YouTube channel where we show some installation cases. Like, in Push SRT to Amazon EC2 you can see the installation process on AWS EC2.
Check "Set up streaming scenarios" section below for more examples after you complete the installation.

Sign up / Sign in

Nimble Streamer instance must be registered in WMSPanel cloud control service so you need to have an account prior to installing the server.

Install Nimble Streamer instance

Log into your server to continue with installation steps there.

Choose your operating system to get proper instructions:

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "deb http://nimblestreamer.com/ubuntu jammy/" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nimble.list'

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wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/nimble.asc

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Run installation commands:

sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install nimble

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If you'd like to install SRT package as well, run:

sudo apt-get install nimble-srt

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If you'd like to use libsrt 1.5, install nimble-srt-1.5 package instead of nimble-srt (which has version 1.4.4).

Register server in WMSPanel

sudo /usr/bin/nimble_regutil

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Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

If you have pre-configured Nimble Streamer instance which is not in WMSPanel, you may register this server in the panel and import existing settings using the following command. Read this article for details. Please back up your rules.conf before using this method to avoid accidental damages.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

You may also apply pre-defined rules.conf to some server which already exists in WMSPanel. You run this command, it will erase existing settings and will apply new settings. This article also has details on this.

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

sudo service nimble restart

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Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
sudo service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nimble

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, use the following commands:

wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

sudo service nimble stop
sudo apt-get purge nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "deb http://nimblestreamer.com/ubuntu focal/">> /etc/apt/sources.list'

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wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

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Run installation commands:

sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install nimble

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If you'd like to install SRT package as well, run:

sudo apt-get install nimble-srt

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If you'd like to use libsrt 1.5, install nimble-srt-1.5 package instead of nimble-srt (which has version 1.4.4).

Register server in WMSPanel

sudo /usr/bin/nimble_regutil

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Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

sudo service nimble restart

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Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
sudo service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nimble

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, use the following commands:

wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

sudo service nimble stop
sudo apt-get purge nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic universe\ndeb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates universe\ndeb http://nimblestreamer.com/ubuntu bionic/">> /etc/apt/sources.list'

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wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

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Run installation commands:

sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install nimble

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If you'd like to install SRT package as well, run:

sudo apt-get install nimble-srt

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Register server in WMSPanel

sudo /usr/bin/nimble_regutil

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Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

sudo service nimble restart

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Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
sudo service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nimble

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, use the following commands:

wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

sudo service nimble stop
sudo apt-get purge nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "deb http://nimblestreamer.com/ubuntu bionic/">> /etc/apt/sources.list'

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wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

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Run installation commands:

sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install nimble

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If you'd like to install SRT package as well, run:

sudo apt-get install nimble-srt

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Register server in WMSPanel

sudo /usr/bin/nimble_regutil

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Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

sudo service nimble restart

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Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
sudo service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nimble

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, use the following commands:

wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

sudo service nimble stop
sudo apt-get purge nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "deb http://nimblestreamer.com/ubuntu xenial/">> /etc/apt/sources.list'

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wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

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Run installation commands:

sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install nimble

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If you'd like to install SRT package as well, run:

sudo apt-get install nimble-srt

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Register server in WMSPanel

sudo /usr/bin/nimble_regutil

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Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

sudo service nimble restart

Copy

Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
sudo service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nimble

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, use the following commands:

wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

sudo service nimble stop
sudo apt-get purge nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command for your OS to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "deb http://nimblestreamer.com/debian/ buster/">> /etc/apt/sources.list'

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wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | apt-key add -

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Run installation commands:

apt-get update

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apt-get install nimble

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If you'd like to install SRT package as well, run:

apt-get install nimble-srt

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Register server in WMSPanel

/usr/bin/nimble_regutil

Copy

Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

service nimble restart

Copy

Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

apt-get update
apt-get install nimble

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, use the following commands:

wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | apt-key add -

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

service nimble stop
apt-get purge nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command for your OS to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "deb http://nimblestreamer.com/debian/ stretch/">> /etc/apt/sources.list'

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wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | apt-key add -

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Run installation commands:

apt-get update

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apt-get install nimble

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If you'd like to install SRT package as well, run:

apt-get install nimble-srt

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Register server in WMSPanel

/usr/bin/nimble_regutil

Copy

Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

service nimble restart

Copy

Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

apt-get update
apt-get install nimble

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, use the following commands:

wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | apt-key add -

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

service nimble stop
apt-get purge nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "[nimble]\nname= Nimble Streamer repository\nbaseurl=http://nimblestreamer.com/centos/7/\$basearch\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key\n" > /etc/yum.repos.d/nimble.repo'

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Run installation commands:

sudo yum makecache

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sudo yum install nimble

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The installer will prompt to install a signature key and a package. Just type "y".

Is this ok [y/N]: y

If you'd like to install SRT package as well, run:

sudo yum install nimble-srt

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If you'd like to use libsrt 1.5, install nimble-srt-1.5 package instead of nimble-srt (which has version 1.4.4).

Register server in WMSPanel

sudo /usr/bin/nimble_regutil

Copy

Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

sudo service nimble start

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Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
sudo service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrade Nimble Streamer

sudo yum makecache
sudo yum install nimble
sudo service nimble restart

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, add the following line to /etc/yum.repos.d/nimble.repo:

gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

sudo service nimble stop
sudo yum remove nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "deb http://us-east-2.ec2.ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/ bionic universe\ndeb http://nimblestreamer.com/raspbian/ buster/">> /etc/apt/sources.list'

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wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

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Run installation commands:

sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install nimble

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If you need to install SRT package as well, run:

sudo apt-get install nimble-srt

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Register server in WMSPanel

/usr/bin/nimble_regutil

Copy

Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

sudo service nimble restart

Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
sudo service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nimble

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, use the following commands:

wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

sudo service nimble stop
sudo apt-get purge nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "deb http://nimblestreamer.com/raspbian/ buster/">> /etc/apt/sources.list'

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wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

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Run installation commands:

sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install nimble

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If you need to install SRT package as well, run:

sudo apt-get install nimble-srt

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Register server in WMSPanel

/usr/bin/nimble_regutil

Copy

Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

sudo service nimble restart

Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
sudo service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nimble

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, use the following commands:

wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

sudo service nimble stop
sudo apt-get purge nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Linux does not have Dante audio support due to Dante SDK limitations.

Run the following command to add Nimble Streamer repository:

sudo bash -c 'echo -e "deb http://nimblestreamer.com/raspbian/ stretch/">> /etc/apt/sources.list'

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wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

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Run installation commands:

sudo apt-get update

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sudo apt-get install nimble

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If you need to install SRT package as well, run:

sudo apt-get install nimble-srt

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Register server in WMSPanel

/usr/bin/nimble_regutil

Copy

Nimble Streamer has more registration options.
You may add pre-configured server, specify credentials, use proxy and more.
This helps building large deployments with great level of automation.

See more registration options

You will be asked for your WMSPanel login and password sent to you during sign up.

You can automate registration by adding the following parameters: -u for user name and -p for password, e.g.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword

Regutil allows setting up specific display name for Nimble instance in WMSPanel via --server-name option.

sudo --server-name display_name

Nimble supports using HTTP proxy to access WMSPanel via --proxy option for nimble_regutil.

sudo --proxy proxy_url

proxy_url is HTTP proxy URL/address to use to access WMSPanel, e.g. 192.168.0.1:3128 or proxy_user:[email protected]:3128.

That will add required settings to nimble.conf after successful registration in WMSPanel via proxy.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --apply-rules-conf

This option is avialable only for subscribed accounts. Contact out helpdesk to enable it.

sudo -u [email protected] -p mypassword --reapply-rules-conf some_rules.conf

Here some_rules.conf is a file with some previously defined settings, it's an optional parameter.

Restart server

sudo service nimble restart

Server will be visible in the panel immediately.

Operating, upgrading, uninstalling

See commands to start, stop, re-start, upgrade or uninstall Nimble instance

To operate server run:
sudo service nimble status|start|stop

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nimble

If you get an error about unknown GPG key import Nimble Repository public key, use the following commands:

wget -q -O - http://nimblestreamer.com/gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Uninstall Nimble Streamer

sudo service nimble stop
sudo apt-get purge nimble

Notice that Nimble Streamer for Windows does not have the following features due to respective SDKs and libraries limitations:

Download Nimble Streamer installer

Download Nimble

Launch the installer and follow setup wizard steps.

Register server in WMSPanel

Windows 8.1 / Windows 10:
Search for "Register Nimble Streamer" in the Windows Start menu

Windows 7 / Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016:
Start -> All Programs -> Nimble Streamer -> Register Nimble Streamer

Server will appear in the panel immediately.
If you got "Unable to find writable nimble.conf file" message than you need to right-click on "Register Nimble Streamer" and select "Run as Administrator".

Firewall setup (optional)

You may need to add firewall rule for Windows 8:

Search for "firewall" in the Windows 8 Start menu.
Select Windows Firewall from the options that appear in the top left.
Click on "Allow an app or feature through Windows firewall" in the Windows Firewall window.
Click "Allow another app..." in the bottom right corner.
Click "Browse..." and select C:\Program Files\Nimble Streamer\bin\nimble.exe
Click "Add" to add Nimble Streamer to the "Allowed apps" list.

Troubleshooting, operating, upgrading

You may get message like this:

"The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect.
Please see the application event log or use the command-line sxstrace.exe tool for more detail.
Press any key to continue . . ."

It means that you need to install the following packages:

What's next?

To operate server run:
net stop NimbleStreamer net start NimbleStreamer

Upgrading Nimble Streamer

Just download and install the latest Nimble Streamer setup available. The installer will update binaries and will keep the existing configuration files.
Yes, it's that simple.

You can read release notes with description of major changes in the product.

Use Docker

Nimble Streamer package is not available for macOS so we provide another approach based on Docker usage.
Install Nimble Streamer with SRT on MacOS using Docker article describes the setup process in details.

If you’re familiar with Docker, and you doen’t need beginners tutorial, please find Dockerfiles on our Github page.

Do not forget to modify the next parameters in the Dockerfile, to set server’s name, account and password for Nimble deployment in a container:

ARG WMSPANEL_SERVER_NAME=
ARG WMSPANEL_ACCOUNT=
ARG WMSPANEL_PASS=

Set up streaming scenarios

Now you can open MWSpanel and set up Nimble behavior.

Please use the following setup instructions to configure Nimble for your streaming scenario:

RTMP setup materials:
- Video: RTMP setup in Nimble Streamer tutorial shows all popular RTMP scenarios setup
- RTMP to ABR HLS transmuxing
- RTMP republishing
- RTMP playback setup
- MPEG-DASH live streaming from RTMP
- RTMP digest page
SRT setup:
- SRT streaming - install and setup
- Video: Install Nimble on Amazon EC2 and set up SRT
- Video: Deliver SRT and transform to multicast UDP MPEG-TS
- Video: NDI to SRT to AWS Elemental MediaConnect via Nimble Streamer
- Videos: Tutorials playlist on our YouTube channel with more videos
- SRT digest page
WebRTC setup:
NDI setup:
- NDI install and setup
- Video: NDI processing setup
- Video: Recording NDI as HLS DVR with Nimble Streamer
- Video: Convert NDI into DRM-protected MPEG-DASH via Nimble Streamer
- Videos: Tutorials playlist on our YouTube channel with more videos
- NDI digest page
Apple Low Latency HLS:
- Apple Low Latency HLS setup
- Video:LL HLS setup tutorial
MPEG-TS processing:
Transmux RTSP to HLS, DASH, RTMP, Icecast and MPEG2TS.
Icecast setup:
Video-on-Demand setup:
Set up SSL
Set up HLS DRM AES-128 encryption

Please find additional configuration information:

Nimble Streamer config cloud backup allows making manual and automatic backups of Nimble streaming settings and restore them any time in case of misconfiguration.
Control and configuration options page describes config files, APIs, performance tuning, load balancing and more.
Zabbix monitoring of Nimble Streamer and SRT streams can be helpful to track server and streams performance.
Secure your account in 3 easy steps article gives ideas about working securely with WMSPanel SaaS.