icecast -c /path/to/icecast.xml-
If no error messages are generated, then check the error.log file for the following message :
+If no error messages are generated, then check the error.log file for the 'server started' +message, it will look something like :-
-[2003-10-31 13:04:49] INFO main/main.c icecast server started +[2003-10-31 13:04:49] INFO main/main.c Icecast 2.3.0 server started+
You may notice slight variations to the line above, the time will no doubt be different, +and on some platforms the main.c is just main, but the key thing here is that the server is +started, logging is working and the version is shown. +
You can also verify that it started by visiting the following URL : http://yourip:port/admin/stats.xml. You should be prompted for a username and password. Enter the username "admin" and the password you entered for <admin-password>. If all is well, you should see an small XML tree which represents icecast statistics (more about that later).
Now that the icecast server is started you must now configure your source client. The information you will need for the source client is the following :