Icecast - Oct 2012 - multiple icecast server instances on debian system

reflum,

On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 17:19 +0100, tzara wrote:
>  hello,
> 
>  i am trying to have multiple server instances on different ports on the 
>  same debian server.
This by itself sounds wrong.
You can bind the same icecast to multiple listen addresses (-> multipe
ports).

Is there any specific reason you don't do it this way?

>  i thought if i had (along side the standard server files):
> 
>  /etc/icecast2/icecast+.xml config file (with changed port number)
>  /etc/default/icecast+ pointing to new config file
>  new log files with 777 permissions (for the sake of testing)
Setting permissions to 0777 anywhere on the systems is a *VERY BAD*
idea. I would wrote for OS and software refusing to work in such a case.

-- 
Philipp.
 (Rah of PH2)
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hello,

 i am trying to have multiple server instances on different ports on the 
 same debian server.
 i thought if i had (along side the standard server files):

 /etc/icecast2/icecast+.xml config file (with changed port number)
 /etc/default/icecast+ pointing to new config file
 new log files with 777 permissions (for the sake of testing)

 and an /etc/init.d/icecast2+ file to start it all up then it would all 
 work ok

 but no it doesnt work:
 so then i thought i maybe need new web and admin dirs in 
 /usr/share/icecast2.... then i would need new symlinks etc. - so its 
 starts to get messy... so before i start making this mess, i ask here... 
 am i going about this the wrong way?


 (/usr/share/icecast2) % sudo /etc/init.d/icecast2 start
 Starting icecast2: Starting icecast2
 Detaching from the console
 icecast2.

 (/usr/share/icecast2) % sudo /etc/init.d/icecast2+ start
 Starting icecast2+: zsh: exit 1     sudo /etc/init.d/icecast2+ start

 or:

 (/usr/share/icecast2) % /usr/bin/icecast2 -b -c 
 /etc/icecast2/icecast+.xml
 Starting icecast2
 Detaching from the console
 (/usr/share/icecast2) %

 but no second instance, could be some file permission or ownership 
 tweek i have missed or could be i am going about it all the wrong way

 are there some docs about this somewhere? i imagined it might be a 
 common thing that people might want to do...

 any ideas welcome!

 thanks

 rob

On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:37:04 +0200, Philipp Schafft
wrote:
> reflum,
>
> On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 17:19 +0100, tzara wrote:
>>  hello,
>>
>>  i am trying to have multiple server instances on different ports on 
>> the
>>  same debian server.
>
> This by itself sounds wrong.
> You can bind the same icecast to multiple listen addresses (-> 
> multipe
> ports).
>
> Is there any specific reason you don't do it this way?
 yes, i am running a relay of many streams of variable quantity, so i 
 cannot always rely on a source slot being available for my own uses - so 
 i want another instance on another port for my own use.
 i dont want to simply raise the max sources as it will just fill up and 
 i only want to offer a relay of the amount of streams limited by my 
 config.
>
>
>>  i thought if i had (along side the standard server files):
>>
>>  /etc/icecast2/icecast+.xml config file (with changed port number)
>>  /etc/default/icecast+ pointing to new config file
>>  new log files with 777 permissions (for the sake of testing)
>
> Setting permissions to 0777 anywhere on the systems is a *VERY BAD*
> idea. I would wrote for OS and software refusing to work in such a 
> case.
 ok fair enough... consider my wrists slapped ... like i say momentary 
 perms for test.
 but yeah i am a dirty security risk taker ... i hang my head in shame.

 cheers

 rob