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Connect Centova Cast — automatic SHOUTcast & Icecast streams

Provision Centova Cast streams from account templates when a customer pays.

Hosting Automation Updated Oct 23, 2026 12 views

Centova Cast creates streams from account templates. The website calls Centova's API (system.provision) with the template linked to the plan, so a new SHOUTcast or Icecast station is online seconds after payment.

Step 1 — Prepare Centova Cast

  1. Log in as the Centova Cast administrator.
  2. Open Account Templates and create one template per plan (for example radio-starter, radio-studio) with listeners, bitrate, disk quota and AutoDJ settings.
  3. Make sure the web interface port (usually 2199, or 2198 for HTTPS) is reachable from your website.

Step 2 — Add the server

  1. Servers › Add Centova Cast.
  2. Hostname of the Centova server, Port 2199 (HTTPS off) or 2198 (HTTPS on).
  3. Admin username: admin; Admin password: your Centova admin password.
  4. Save and click Test connection.

Step 3 — Create plans

Click Import packages. If your Centova version lists templates through the API they appear automatically; otherwise type the template names exactly as in Centova (one per line). Choose Radio Streaming, then set prices in Hosting Plans.

Optional: in the plan's Radio / advanced options set max listeners, bitrate, disk quota, server type (SHOUTcast 2 / Icecast) and AutoDJ — these override the template.

Actions available

  • Suspend / unsuspend — Centova system.setstatus (disabled / enabled); the stream goes offline while suspended.
  • Upgrade / downgrade — system.reconfigure with the new template.
  • Terminate — system.terminate deletes the stream and its files.
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