nginx.conf

load_module modules/ngx_rtmp_module.so;

# ONLY FOR DOCKER IMAGE!
user root;

# worker_processes auto;
rtmp_auto_push on;
rtmp_socket_dir /run;
error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log debug;
events {
    worker_connections 1024;
}

rtmp {
    server {
        listen 1935;
        allow play all;
        buflen 500;
        # chunk_size 8192;
        max_message 32M;

        # creates full-resolution HLS videostream from our incoming encoder stream and tells where to put the HLS video manifest and video fragments
        application live {
            allow publish all;
            live on;
            record video;
            record_path /tmp;
            record_suffix _%Y.%m.%d-%T.flv;
            hls on;
            hls_nested on;
            hls_path /tmp/live;
            hls_fragment 2s;

            # creates the downsampled video stream
            exec_push ffmpeg -i rtmp://127.0.0.1:1935/$app/$name -rtmp_buffer 500 -rtmp_live live -c:v libx264 -preset ultrafast -tune zerolatency -c:a copy -vf scale=-2:480 -f flv rtmp://127.0.0.1:1935/lowres/$name;

            # update livestream html on start and end of livestreams
            exec_publish /docker-entrypoint.d/gen-live.sh + $name;
            exec_publish_done /docker-entrypoint.d/gen-live.sh - $name;

            # update vod html when record is done
            exec_record_done /docker-entrypoint.d/gen-vod.sh $basename;
        }

        # creates lower-resolution HLS videostream from the ffmpeg-created stream and tells where to put the HLS video manifest and video fragments
        application lowres {
            allow publish 127.0.0.1;
            deny publish all;
            live on;
            hls on;
            hls_nested on;
            hls_path /tmp/lowres;
            hls_fragment 2s;
        }

        # allows to play the recordings of the live streams using a URL like "rtmp://server-ip:1935/vod/filename.flv"
        application vod {
            play /vod;
        }
    }
}

http {
    include       mime.types;
    default_type  application/octet-stream;

    server {
        listen 80;
        root /srv/;

        # creates the http-location for the full-resolution HLS stream - "http://server-ip/live/stream-key/index.m3u8"
        location /live {
            types {
                application/vnd.apple.mpegurl m3u8;
            }
            alias /tmp/live;
            index index.m3u8;
        }

        # creates the http-location for the low-resolution HLS stream - "http://server-ip/lowres/stream-key/index.m3u8"
        location /lowres {
            types {
                application/vnd.apple.mpegurl m3u8;
            }
            alias /tmp/lowres;
            index index.m3u8;
        }

        # creates the http-location for the video on demand streams - "http://server-ip/vod/filename.flv"
        location /vod {
            alias /vod;
            index /videos.html;
        }

        # allows to see stats on connections on the nginx server using a URL like: "http://server-ip/stats"
        location = /stats {
            stub_status;
        }

        # allows to see stats on rtmp streams on the nginx server using a URL like: "http://server-ip/stats-rtmp"
        location = /stats-rtmp {
            rtmp_stat all;
            rtmp_stat_stylesheet rtmp_stat.xsl;
        }
        # allows to get the stats on rtmp streams as raw xml data
        location = /stats-rtmp-raw {
            rtmp_stat all;
        }

        # allows to host a webpage which can list the live streams and videos: "http://server-ip/"
        location / {
            index index.html;
        }
    }
}