OvenMediaEngine Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy OvenMediaEngine hosting and run your own sub-second live streaming origin. xCloud runs the pinned OvenMediaEngine v0.21.0 official image as a single container, generates the URL signing key that protects publishing, and serves LL-HLS playback and WebRTC signalling over HTTPS on your domain — encoders publish over RTMP, SRT or WebRTC, and streams appear the moment someone publishes.

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What is OvenMediaEngine?

OvenMediaEngine (OME) is an open-source sub-second latency streaming server. It ingests live streams over WebRTC, SRT, RTMP and other protocols and streams them to viewers over Low Latency HLS (LL-HLS) and WebRTC.

This template runs OME as a single origin with the default application named app. It has no web UI and no REST API: encoders publish to it and players connect to it.

From Sign-Up to a Live Streaming Origin In 3 Easy Steps

A low-latency streaming origin normally means a server, a container, a hand-written configuration, a signing scheme for publishers, a domain and a certificate before the first frame. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick OvenMediaEngine from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in, because xCloud generates the signing key.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the official OvenMediaEngine v0.21.0 image as a single container, pinned by immutable digest, with no database or volume, write the server configuration from your install values, generate the URL signing key, and publish LL-HLS playback and WebRTC signalling over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign A URL And Publish
Save the URL signing key from the protected installation credentials, open the ingest and WebRTC ports in your own server firewall, build a signed publish URL, publish from your encoder, and play at https://your-domain/app/<stream>/llhls.m3u8.

Everything OvenMediaEngine Does, On Your Own Server

OvenMediaEngine runs here as a streaming engine: encoders publish to it, players connect to it, and there is nothing to configure per stream.

RTMP, SRT And WebRTC Ingest
Publish under the application name app from RTMP, SRT or WebRTC encoders. The RTMP and SRT ports are public ports you open in your own server firewall.
Sub-Second Delivery
Viewers watch over Low Latency HLS or WebRTC. LL-HLS playback and WebRTC signalling are served over xCloud-managed HTTPS on your domain.
Signed Publishing URLs
Publishing is refused unless the URL carries a valid policy and signature made with the generated signing key. Unsigned and tampered publishes were rejected in verification.
Optional Signed Playback
Playback is open by default. Set SIGNED_PLAYBACK to webrtc,llhls and redeploy to require signed URLs for viewers too.
Streams On Demand
A stream exists the moment someone publishes to a name under app. There is no admin console and no per-stream setup.
Stateless By Design
The configuration is rebuilt from your install values on every start, so a Restart keeps the same settings and signing key. Nothing is recorded to disk.

Everything You Need To Run Your Streaming Origin 24/7

Managed hosting for OvenMediaEngine, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

OvenMediaEngine v0.21.0 deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
URL signing key generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With OvenMediaEngine

A low-latency origin for your own player
Publish from an encoder and embed an LL-HLS or WebRTC player on your site, the sub-second delivery OvenMediaEngine is built for.
WebRTC publishing
Accept WebRTC publishers as well as RTMP and SRT, with the WebRTC signalling served over HTTPS on your domain.
Hardware and software encoders over RTMP or SRT
Point OBS or any RTMP or SRT encoder at the server and publish under the application name app, with each publish protected by a signed URL.
Private or gated live events
Require signed URLs for playback as well as publishing by setting SIGNED_PLAYBACK to webrtc,llhls, so only viewers you issue a URL to can watch.

OvenMediaEngine vs Alternatives

MediaMTX: Another self-hosted real-time media server that takes live streams over RTSP, RTMP, SRT or WebRTC and serves them back. It is also available as a OneClick app on xCloud.
Owncast: A self-hosted live video streaming server that comes with its own web player, chat and admin dashboard, where OvenMediaEngine is a streaming engine you pair with your own player and has no admin console.
Hosted live platforms such as Twitch and YouTube Live: Services where you stream to a provider's infrastructure; running OvenMediaEngine instead puts the origin, the signing key and the delivery domain under your control.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for OvenMediaEngine hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if the origin shares a server with other media or web apps.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. OvenMediaEngine itself is licensed by its maintainers under AGPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own Streaming Server?

OvenMediaEngine on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

How do I publish a stream?

Create a signed URL with your signing key and publish to rtmp://<server-ip>:<rtmp-port>/app/<stream>, or use SRT or WebRTC. The installation credentials list the allocated ports. RTMP and SRT ingest go to the server IP or a DNS-only record, not through the HTTPS domain.

Where do viewers watch?

At https://<your-domain>/app/<stream>/llhls.m3u8 for LL-HLS, or over WebRTC at wss://<your-domain>/app/<stream>. Both are served over xCloud-managed HTTPS.

Can anyone watch my stream?

By default anyone who knows the stream name can. Set SIGNED_PLAYBACK to webrtc,llhls in the environment settings and redeploy to require signed playback URLs.

Is there an admin console?

No. OvenMediaEngine here is a streaming engine that encoders publish to and players connect to. There is no web UI and the REST API is switched off.

Which ports do I need to open?

xCloud does not open firewall ports. Open RTMP (TCP), SRT (UDP), WebRTC TURN (TCP), WebRTC media (TCP) and the four WebRTC media UDP ports in your own server firewall; the installation credentials list the exact numbers. Only playback and WebRTC signalling go through the HTTPS domain.

Firewall management in xCloud

Is ingest encrypted?

No. RTMP and SRT ingest are not encrypted, so a signed URL travels in clear text. Use short expiry values and keep the signing key private.

What happens if I change or lose the signing key?

Changing SIGNING_SECRET and redeploying invalidates every previously signed URL. Use letters and digits only, and keep a copy of the key.

What should I back up?

Nothing on disk, because the template has no volume and records nothing. Keep a copy of the signing key and your environment values.

Backups in xCloud

What survives a restart?

The settings and the signing key, because the configuration is rebuilt from your install values on every start. Live streams are only up while a publisher is connected, so stopping or redeploying the site drops them.

Does xCloud automatically update OvenMediaEngine?

No. The template pins OvenMediaEngine v0.21.0 by immutable digest. Read the upstream release notes, then bump the readable tag and digest together on your own schedule. Server-level backups and snapshots are available on every Cloud VPS.

Why does the container log a certificate error at each start?

TLS ends at the xCloud proxy rather than in the container, so OvenMediaEngine logs one certificate error at start. It is harmless.

What are the server requirements, and why does this page sell 6 GB?

The template's baseline asks for 1 CPU core, 256 MB of RAM and 2 GB of disk; measured use in QA was about 13.5 MiB idle and 28.5 MiB while streaming. This page sells the 6 GB tier as the entry rung, which leaves plenty of headroom above that baseline.

Is xCloud officially partnered with OvenMediaEngine?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and the OvenMediaEngine project has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source OvenMediaEngine project, licensed AGPL-3.0.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.