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I have not found any good article on this topic, or maybe I just can't search properly :(
We, MyChat developers, are using TURN server for Windows that I built back in 2015 when we started to develop calls in the chat. Now I want to update it. But I've faced the struggle with repeat building of TURN server. I did it before, but I completely forgot how.
After some googling, I found a general guide for building coturn in the blog of Muaz Khan. But I saw a typical Linux-like picture: several points with no details.
Let's try another, a Windows-one-mouse-click way.
Firstly, download the Linux console emulator Cygwin. I took a 38-bit variant as our server must work in all systems including the old ones: https://cygwin.com/setup-x86.exe
Secondly, take coturn source files
I've made mirror copies on our hosting just in case:
Cygwin — https://nsoft-s.com/files/turn/cygwin-x86.exe
Coturn — https://nsoft-s.com/files/turn/coturn.zip
Let's install Cygwin.
Choose the Internet as a download source for packages:
Next, choose the folder location with Cygwin and place for downloading packages before installation. You can delete them later after the installation process.
I chose the first file source, but you can choose any other if you want. Just make sure that it has packages you need:
Press next, and you will see this window:
I a drop-down list "view" select "full" and search packages you need. For each package, in the column "new" in the list, mark the latest version from all available (except text ones):
A list of packages that I installed (you can skip packages with "64" in the title as you do not need them for 32-bit system):
Find one-by-one all specified packages and select the installation version. Press "Next" and watch the exciting installation process:
When the installation is complete, open the folder in the Explorer with installed Cygwin -> home -> (your user name), and unzip Coturn files here. You will see the following:
Now, launch the emulator Cygwin.bat.
As I got used to normal navigation for disk structure, I launch mc (Midnight Commander).
It immediately opens a user home folder with the folder "coturn-master". Enter this folder and run "configure" to make a build script.
Makefile is ready, let's make a build. Write the command "make", run it, and wait for the result:
And the final step, write and rung the command "make install":
That's all folks, your turn server is ready to work.
We need a minimum functionality for calls over the server.
I mercilessly cut the content of the turn server to avoid useless files. I won't describe the whole cleaning process, it is better to show the result:
That is all you need for the turn server regular work. The folder "etc" has a file with configuration "turnserver.conf". You can configure this file and enjoy the work of own TURN server for Windows (the file "turnserver.conf.default" has a description for configuration).
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