Installation

Quick Start

To start using senta, you no longer need to manually download binaries — just use one of the installation commands below, depending on your system architecture.

🖥️ AMD64

curl -Lo /tmp/senta.tar.gz https://senta.tv/senta-latest
tar -xzOf /tmp/senta.tar.gz > /usr/bin/senta
chmod +x /usr/bin/senta
senta init

📱 ARM64

curl -Lo /tmp/senta.tar.gz https://senta.tv/senta-latest-arm64
tar -xzOf /tmp/senta.tar.gz > /usr/bin/senta
chmod +x /usr/bin/senta
senta init

📱 ARM (32-bit)

curl -Lo /tmp/senta.tar.gz https://senta.tv/senta-latest-arm
tar -xzOf /tmp/senta.tar.gz > /usr/bin/senta
chmod +x /usr/bin/senta
senta init

Note

The download is a .tar.gz archive containing a single versioned binary (e.g. senta-amd-19082026), not a bare executable — tar -xzOf extracts it to stdout regardless of its internal filename so it can be piped straight into /usr/bin/senta. This matches the install command shown on senta.tv.

The initialization process is interactive and will guide you through the setup:

Configuration Setup

The senta init command will prompt you for several configuration options, in this order:

1. Service name: Used to derive the config path and, later, the systemd service name (default: senta)

2. Config file path: Choose where to store the configuration file (default: /etc/senta/<service-name>.conf, e.g. /etc/senta/senta.conf)

3. Server port: Set the port for the web interface (default: 8018)

The working directory (/opt/<service-name>) and the database path (<working-directory>/db) are created automatically and aren’t prompted for.

FFmpeg Installation

The initialization process will automatically check if ffmpeg is installed on your server. If it’s not found, you’ll be prompted to install it automatically. If the automatic install fails (no internet access, or the package isn’t available for your distribution), senta init won’t stop - install ffmpeg manually afterwards, initialization will complete successfully.

Systemd Service Creation

The init process can automatically create a systemd service for you, reusing the service name from the Configuration Setup step above:

• You’ll be asked if you want to create a systemd service for automatic startup
• The service can be automatically enabled and started

If you choose to create the service, it will be installed at /usr/lib/systemd/system/[service-name].service.

Starting the Application

If you created a systemd service during initialization, you don’t need to start the application manually. The service will handle starting and stopping the application automatically.

If you chose not to create a systemd service, you can start the application manually with:

./senta [config-file-path]

For systemd service management, use standard systemctl commands:

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status senta

# Start the service
sudo systemctl start senta

# Stop the service
sudo systemctl stop senta

# Restart the service
sudo systemctl restart senta

# Enable automatic startup on boot
sudo systemctl enable senta

# Disable automatic startup
sudo systemctl disable senta

The application will start and you can access the web interface at http://your-server-address:8018 (or your chosen port). You can change the port later by editing the listen parameter in the config file.

If the web interface doesn’t come up, check: whether the process is actually running (sudo systemctl status senta if you used systemd), whether the chosen port is already taken by another application, and whether the server’s firewall is blocking it.

Next you can set profiles and streams through the web interface.