Next Steps

Support HTTPS

While not required, most people will want to support SSL on a public Owncast server. If you plan on embedding your Owncast video or chat into another site or are offering your video to the public internet you’re likely to need to add a SSL proxy to your setup. Learn more about how to do this.

Run as a system service

Most people will want to setup Owncast to automatically start in the background any time their server restarts. Learn more about how to do this.