How to set up Amazon EBS with Wowza Media Server

C:\cd %EC2_HOME%\bin
C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2ver
1.3-24159 2008-05-05

1. Get the latest pre-built Wowza Media Server for Amazon EC2 Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
   
   
2. Start a new instance:
   
   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-run-instances -z us-east-1a --key mykeypair ami-78f71311
   RESERVATION     r-5400d63d      857774236421    default INSTANCE        i-111111      ami-78f71311                    pending wowza_keypair   0               m1.small        2008-09-04T21:31:25+0000        us-east-1a      aki-a71cf9ce    ari-a51cf9cc

   Note the Instance ID (i-111111).
   
   
3. Check to see if the new instance is running:
   
   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-describe-instances i-111111
   RESERVATION     r-5400d63d      857774236421    default INSTANCE        i-111111      ami-78f71311    ec2-75-101-203-182.compute-1.amazonaws.com      domU-12-31-39-00-88-C3.compute-1.internal       running wowza_keypair   0       8ED157F9        m1.small        2008-09-04T21:31:25+0000

   Note the external dns (ec2-75-101-203-182.compute-1.amazonaws.com).
   
   
4. Create a new EBS volume:
   
   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-create-volume -z us-east-1a -s 10
   VOLUME  vol-VOLAAA    10              us-east-1a      creating        2008-09-
   04T21:43:45+0000

   Note the new volume ID (vol-VOLAAA).
   
   
5. Check the new volume:
   
   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-describe-volumes vol-VOLAAA
   VOLUME  vol-VOLAAA    10              us-east-1a      available       2008-09-
   04T21:43:45+0000

6. Attach the new volume to the new instance on device /dev/sdh:
   
   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-attach-volume -d /dev/sdh -i i-111111 vol-VOLAAA

   The new EBS volume is prepared.
   
   
7. Now open a secure Telnet (SSH) connection to the instance to format and mount the new EBS volume.
   
   xfs file system is recommend. You might have to install:
   
   Code:

   [root@~]# yum install xfsprogs
   Installed: xfsprogs.i386 0:2.9.4-4.fc8
   Complete!

8. Format and mount the new volume:
   
   Code:

   [root@~]#  mkfs.xfs /dev/sdh
   [root@~]#  echo "/dev/sdh /wmscontent xfs noatime 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
   [root@~]#  mkdir /wmscontent
   [root@~]#  mount /wmscontent

9. The new EBS volume is ready to use. Copy your content to it via FTP, load from Amazon S3 (S3Sync), or copy from the instance storage.
   
   
10. Now open the [install-dir]/conf/yourApp/Application.xml file in a text editor and update the StorageDir property with the location of the new EBS volume:
    
    Code:

    <Streams>
    	<StreamType>default</StreamType>
    	<StorageDir>/wmscontent</StorageDir>
    </Streams>

11. Restart Wowza Media Server. Your app should be able to play videos from the new volume.

1. Using Amazon EC2 tools, create a snapshot of the EBS volume:
   
   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-create-snapshot vol-VOLAAA
   SNAPSHOT        snap-111111   vol-VOLAAA    pending 2008-09-05T11:42:06+0000

   Note the new snapshot ID (snap-111111).
   
   
2. Check progress of the snapshot creation:
   
   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-describe-snapshots snap-111111
   SNAPSHOT        snap-111111   vol-VOLAAA    completed       2008-09-05T11:42:06+0000        100%

1. Create another EC2 instance:
   
   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-run-instances -z us-east-1a --key mykeypair ami-78f71311

   Note the instance ID (i-IIII2222).
   
   
2. Create another EBS volume using the above snapshot (snapshot ID=snap-111111):
   
   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-create-volume -z us-east-1a --snapshot snap-111111 vol-VOLBBBB

3. Attach the new EBS volume to the new EC2 instance:
   
   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-attach-volume -d /dev/sdh -i i-IIII2222 vol-VOLBBBB

4. Mount the new volume on the new instance. This is the same as above except that new volume is already formatted and has the content saved from the first volume that you snapshotted.
   
   Code:

   [root@~]#  echo "/dev/sdh /wmscontent xfs noatime 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
   [root@~]#  mkdir /wmscontent
   [root@~]#  mount /wmscontent

5. Clean up.
   
   
   Unmount the EBS volume:
   

   Code:

   [root@~]#  umount /wmscontent

   Using EC2Tools:
   

   Code:

   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-detach-volume vol-VOLAAA
   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-delete-volume vol-VOLBBB
   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-delete-snapshot snap-111111
   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-terminate-instances i-111111
   C:\ec2tools\bin> ec2-terminate-instances i-IIII2222

References

• AWS Feature Guide: Elastic Block Store
  
• Running MySQL on Amazon EC2 with Elastic Block Store

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