Deploying and Securing Your Own TURN Server
Learn to self-host a TURN server with coturn, configure credentials securely with time-limited tokens, and decide between self-hosting and managed TURN services.
From Theory to Operation
You understand NAT challenges, STUN, and what TURN does. Now you will actually run a TURN server, secure it, and connect WebRTC to it. The most common open-source choice is coturn.
Why Self-Host TURN
Public STUN is free, but TURN relays media and consumes bandwidth, so it is rarely free. Running your own TURN server gives you control over capacity, cost, and privacy.
All lessons in this course
- NAT and Firewall Challenges
- STUN Server Functionality Explained
- TURN Server for Relayed Connections
- Deploying and Securing Your Own TURN Server