Shoutcast is a commercial streaming server used by a lot of Internet radio stations.

You can install it on your own Linux server for free.

Download the Software

1. Create a directory in the /opt directory to store our software: mkdir /opt/shoutcast
2. Move to the directory: cd /opt/shoutcast
3. Download the software from Nullsoft, the distributor: wget <http://download.nullsoft.com/shoutcast/tools/sc_serv2_linux_x64-latest.tar.gz>
4. Extract it: tar -xf sc_serv2_linux_x64-latest.tar.gz

Create the Config File

1. We need to create a file to store the configuration of the server, such as passwords: nano sc_serv.conf
2. Here is an example configuration:

portbase=8000
password=MyPass123

• portbase tells the server what port to use (you will use this for connecting to your Shoutcast server)
• password is used to log into the admin panel (username is always admin) and for broadcasting to your streaming server

Testing the Server

1. First, ensure the sc_serv file (our server) has executable permissions: chmod +x sc_serv
2. Test the server running with the configuration file: ./sc_serv sc_serv.conf

Starting the Server on Boot

You may have noticed that when we exit the terminal or reboot our machine, the server stops.

1. Let’s fix that by first creating a service file in systemd: sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/shoutcast.service
2. Use the following configuration for this file (changing the ubuntu user and group to your own)…