Restreamer is a free self-hosting solution to stream live to your website and publish to many like YouTube-Live, Twitter, Twitch, Vimeo, and other platforms or services. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Restreamer on your Synology NAS with Docker.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Restreamer 2.6.0 release.

• STEP 1

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• STEP 2

Install Container Manager via Synology “Package Center”. If you run an older DSM version (under 7.2), search for Docker instead of Container Manager.

• STEP 3

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it restreamer. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 4

Now create two new folders inside the restreamer folder that you created at STEP 3 and name them config and data. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 5

Go to Control Panel / Task Scheduler / Create / Scheduled Task / User-defined script. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 6

Once you click on User-defined script a new window will open. Follow the instructions below:

1. General: In the Task field type in “Install Restreamer“. Uncheck “Enabled” option. Select root User.
2. Schedule: Select Run on the following date then select “Do not repeat“.
3. Task Settings: Check “Send run details by email“, add your email then copy paste the code below in the Run command area. After that click OK.

docker run -d --name=Restreamer \
-p 5577:8080 \
-p 8183:8181 \
-p 1935:1935 \
-p 1936:1936 \
-p 6000:6000/udp \
-v /volume1/docker/restreamer/config:/core/config \
-v /volume1/docker/restreamer/data:/core/data \
--security-opt seccomp=unconfined \
--restart always \
datarhei/restreamer:vaapi-latest

• STEP 7

After you click OK on STEP 6 a new warning pop up window will open. Click OK.

After you click OK, type in your DSM Password then click Submit. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 8

After you click Submit on STEP 7, select your “Install Restreamer” Task then click the “Run” tab. You will be asked to run Install Restreamer – click OK. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 9

Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂

• STEP 10

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:5577 Click the bottom link. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 11

Type in your own Username and Password. Confirm the Password, then click REGISTER USER. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 12

Click NEXT VIDEO SETUP. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 13

Add your own Camera Devices. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Enjoy Restreamer!

Note: If you want to run the Restreamer container over HTTPS, check my guide on How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
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This post was updated on Thursday / May 11th, 2023 at 11:19 AM