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codeAugust 7, 2026•9 min read•RTSPLink Dev Team

Scalable Kubernetes (K8s) MediaMTX & RTSP Gateway Deployment

Architect auto-scaling RTSP stream proxy clusters in Kubernetes with NodePort and StatefulSets.

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#1Kubernetes MediaMTX Deployment YAML

Deploy MediaMTX with TCP and UDP port mapping in K8s:

k8s-mediamtx-deployment.yaml
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: mediamtx-gateway
spec:
  replicas: 3
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: mediamtx
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: mediamtx
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: mediamtx
        image: bluenviron/mediamtx:latest
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8554
          name: rtsp
        - containerPort: 8889
          name: webrtc

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