Install shoutcast server

Download linux version from site

http://www.shoutcast.com/download-files

cd /home
mkdir shoutcast
cd shoutcast
wget http://yp.shoutcast.com/downloads/sc1-9-8/sc_serv_1.9.8_Linux.tar.gz
tar -zxvf sc_serv_1.9.8_Linux.tar.gz

Now edit sc_serv.conf

vi sc_serv.conf

Find

Password=changeme

Replace changeme with secure password.

Other important options are

MaxUser
PortBase

To start, run

./sc_serv 

To start in background, run

./sc_serv &

After you run, you will see

[root@server28 shoutcast]# ./sc_serv
*******************************************************************************
** SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server
** Copyright (C) 1998-2004 Nullsoft, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
** Use "sc_serv filename.ini" to specify an ini file.
*******************************************************************************

Event log:
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [SHOUTcast] DNAS/Linux v1.9.8 (Feb 28 2007) starting up...
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [main] pid: 27910
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [main] loaded config from sc_serv.conf
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [main] initializing (usermax:32 portbase:8000)...
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [main] No ban file found (sc_serv.ban)
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [main] No rip file found (sc_serv.rip)
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [main] opening source socket
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [main] source thread starting
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [main] opening client socket
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [source] listening for connection on port 8001
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [main] Client Stream thread [0] starting
<08/14/09@18:37:38> [main] client main thread starting
<08/14/09@18:38:05> [dest: 59.98.136.119] server unavailable, disconnecting
<08/14/09@18:38:06> [dest: 59.98.136.119] Invalid resource request(/favicon.ico)
<08/14/09@18:39:45> [sleeping] 0 listeners (0 unique)

By default shoutcast run on port 8000.

If you go to

http://server28.hosthat.com:8000/

You will get

ICY 401 Service Unavailable icy-notice1:
SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server/Linux v1.9.8
icy-notice2:The resource requested is currently unavailable

See shoutcast

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