Installation

In this document, we would discuss how you can download and install your own copy of Omphalos to start using it.

This should also emphasize the fact that this is an application meant to be run locally by you, not on a public facing network. That is to say, at least for the foreseeable future it will not have authentication or be hardened against attacks.

The purpose is for you to be able to control your streams and stream content locally.

When it comes to actually doing the installation, there are two ways in which this can be accomplished.

Server Mode

In this mode, you would install the application as a standard NodeJS type application and execute it in a terminal (possibly via PM2).

When running in this mode, you would open the dashboard in your web browser of choice and work from there.

Application Mode

Since not everyone is a developer (or wants to be), the plan is to bundle the entire application up into an Electron application or possibly an NW.js application (although currently it seems incredibly unstable on Linux which is a deal breaker).

In this mode you would install the application as per usual, and running it would present the dashboard to you directly. You would also be able to minimize to the tray on OS's that support that, allowing you to keep the application in the background when not needed, or at least out of your taskbar.