# Flashphoner Web Call Server

Generated on 6 Dec 2022 from [the Flashphoner Web Call Server catalog page](https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/flashphoner-web-call-server)

Web Call Server is a platform for real-time audio and video applications. It is designed primarily for developers who spin up streaming projects such as video chat, webinar, mass broadcasting, web calls, low-latency web and mobile apps. The platform supports all popular today streaming video web-technologies such as WebRTC, Flash, RTMP, RTMFP, RTSP, HLS, MSE, SIP, and Websocket streaming, which allows delivering a video stream to a wide range of browsers and mobile devices. Development tools and APIs: Web SDK, iOS SDK, Android SDK, REST API. General features: low-latency streaming, low-latency CDN, VR streaming, recording, video mixing, screen-sharing, stream snapshots, real-time video transcoding, VOD, SIP calls, etc.

## Software Included

| Package | Version | License |
|---|---|---|
| WebCallServer | [5.2.1484](https://docs.flashphoner.com/display/WCS52EN/Release+notes) | [Custom](https://flashphoner.com/wcs5/web-call-server-5-7-eula.txt) |

## Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the **Deploy to DigitalOcean** button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

[![Deploy to DO](https://www.deploytodo.com/do-btn-blue.svg)](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/droplets/new?image=flashphoner-7-6)

## Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Flashphoner Web Call Server 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the [DigitalOcean API](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api). As an example, to create a 4GB Flashphoner Web Call Server Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following `curl` command. You need to either save your [API access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/index.html.md) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

```shell
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image":"flashphoner-7-6"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"
```

## Getting Started After Deploying Flashphoner Web Call Server

- **Get a license** – This instance includes a free 30-days trial license for you to test WebCallServer functions. You can purchase a commercial license online [here](http://flashphoner.com/prices).
- **Test the instance** – Login to the WCS web interface by address

  ```
  https://your_server_ip:8444/admin/
  ```

  with demo account (user *demo*, password *demo*). Feel free to explore our web application examples.
- **Set up SSL certificates** – Login to the WCS web interface with admin account (user *admin*, password *admin*). Obtain an SSL certificate from your SSL provider and follow [these instructions](https://docs.flashphoner.com/display/WCS52EN/Websocket+SSL#WebsocketSSL-ImportSSLcertificatesusingwebinterface).
- **Next steps** – For more information on Flashphoner Web Call Server, please read [the official documentation](https://docs.flashphoner.com/display/WCS52EN/Server+functions).