Using nginx as a HLS reverse proxy with Envoy?

2021-07-12 Thread Šimon Tóth
Hi, I'm building a demonstration streaming system (for educational purposes - teaching system design) and I'm trying to figure out whether Nginx can be used as an HLS reverse proxy in conjunction with Envoy (for sticky load balancing). I have the backend servers that convert RTMP into HLS. Now in

Re: Using nginx as a HLS reverse proxy with Envoy?

2021-07-13 Thread Šimon Tóth
t 10:34 AM Šimon Tóth wrote: > Hi, > > I'm building a demonstration streaming system (for educational purposes - > teaching system design) and I'm trying to figure out whether Nginx can be > used as an HLS reverse proxy in conjunction with Envoy (for sticky load > bala

Re: Using nginx as a HLS reverse proxy with Envoy?

2021-07-13 Thread Šimon Tóth
How would that work? >From the presentation on RTMP it looks like that nginx is just serving cached VODs instead of the actual stream. And even if it can actually proxy the requests (which I doubt), it can't be configured dynamically. On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 9:20 PM Reinis Rozitis wrote: > > OK

Re: Using nginx as a HLS reverse proxy with Envoy?

2021-07-13 Thread Šimon Tóth
On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 10:41 PM Reinis Rozitis wrote: > > How would that work? > > From the presentation on RTMP it looks like that nginx is just serving > cached VODs instead of the actual stream. > > RTMP and HLS are two different streaming technologies. > HLS just consists of a playlist (.m3u

Re: Using nginx as a HLS reverse proxy with Envoy?

2021-07-13 Thread Šimon Tóth
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 8:15 AM Reinis Rozitis wrote: > > How? The presentation does not cover that. > > You shouldn't stick to a single youtube video. > This is the only video that I found that covers HLS. I also read the module documentation. > And it can't be a simple HTTP > > It is. > Even