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Install Owncast in WSL2

#owncast #wsl2 #linux #streamserver 
 curl https://owncast.online/install.sh |bash
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Created directory  [✓]
Downloaded Owncast v0.1.3 for linux  [✓]
Downloaded ffmpeg because it was not found on your system [✓]

Success! Run owncast by changing to the owncast directory and run ./owncast.
The default port is 8080 and the default streaming key and admin password is abc123.
Visit https://owncast.online/docs/configuration/ to learn how to configure your new Owncast server.
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start owncast ( default webserver port 8080 )

./owncast -webserverport 8888
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check wsl2 ip , select eth0 , use eth0 ip to access owncast weberver .

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