Overview
Icecast on Ubuntu 26.04 with Free Maintenance Support by ATH Infosystems
Icecast is an open-source streaming media server designed for delivering live audio streams over the internet. It enables broadcasters, radio stations, content creators, and organizations to distribute live audio to listeners through compatible media players and streaming applications.
Architecture & Platform Design
- Ready-to-use Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
- Optimized for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- Designed for continuous live audio streaming
- Supports source clients for sending audio streams to the server
- Includes a web-based administration and stream management interface
- Provides:
- Streaming mount points
- Listener management
- Stream status and statistics
- Server and source administration
Core Capabilities :
Live Audio Streaming
- Broadcast live audio streams over the internet
- Support multiple streams and mount points
- Distribute audio to multiple listeners simultaneously
- Provide real-time stream and listener statistics
Extensibility & Integrations
- Compatible with widely used Icecast source clients
- Works with media players and streaming applications that support Icecast streams
- Supports metadata such as stream title and artist information
- Can be integrated with broadcasting and audio automation workflows
Customization & Configuration :
Flexible Streaming Models
- Suitable for internet radio stations, personal broadcasts, and organizational streaming
- Configurable mount points, listener limits, authentication, and stream settings
- Supports customization of server configuration according to streaming requirements
- Can be deployed for individual streams or multiple concurrent audio channels
Cloud & Scalability
- Designed for deployment on AWS EC2
- Suitable for continuous, long-running streaming workloads
- Can be integrated with scalable AWS networking and infrastructure
- Supports deployments ranging from small private streams to larger internet radio services
- Suitable for environments-
- development
- staging
- production
ATH Infosystems Value Addition
- Pre-configured and deployment-validated AWS Marketplace AMI
- Faster deployment compared to manual installation
- Secure and production-ready default configuration
- Free maintenance support from ATH Infosystems
Target Use Cases
- Internet radio stations
- Live audio broadcasting
- Online music and talk radio
- Community and educational radio
- Corporate and organizational audio streaming
- Live event and independent content broadcasting
Licensing & Support
Icecast is open-source software released under the GNU General Public License (GPL). This AWS Marketplace AMI is independently packaged, maintained, and supported by ATH Infosystems. Free maintenance support is included with the offering, with additional support and maintenance services available when required.
Highlights
- Capable of streaming live audio and video, as well as pre-recorded content.
- Supports multiple audio and video formats such as MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WebM, AAC, and Opus.
- Supports multiple audio
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Pricing
Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
m4.large Recommended | $0.03 |
t3.micro | $0.03 |
t2.micro | $0.01 |
t2.large | $0.03 |
t3.large | $0.03 |
r4.large | $0.03 |
r3.large | $0.03 |
t3.nano | $0.03 |
t2.2xlarge | $0.03 |
t2.medium | $0.03 |
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Delivery details
64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Packaged with latest updates as of July 2026.
Additional details
Usage instructions
After successful launch wait for 30 seconds and then Connect your virtual machine via SSH using username "ubuntu". When browsing to http://<Public_IP> you are prompted for a username and password. The username is 'admin' and the password is ' AdminPass123!'. #sudo su #sudo apt update #cd /opt #icecast2 -v To Access your application : Hit of Browser: http://<Public_IP>:8000 and follow On-screen Instructions.
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