Install Opencast

Installation from Repository

There are package repositories available for multiple operating systems. It provides packages containing pre-configured and pre-built Opencast installations.

Installation from Source

These guides will help you to build Opencast, including all necessary third party tools. This method will most likely work on all Unix-like systems.

Building on most other Unix-like operating systems should be very much alike.

Installation via Script

We provide configuration scripts to install and configure Opencast automatically. These scripts rely on the packages from the repository above.

Installation with Docker

You can also use Docker to quickly install or test Opencast. There are multiple Docker images available for installing Opencast on either a single or multiple server.

Installation Across Multiple Servers

For production systems, it is recommended to install Opencast across multiple servers to separate the processing, management and presentation layer, so that, for example, even if the processing layer is under full load, users can still watch recordings unaffected since the presentation layer is running on a separate machine.