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# Why Pion TURN
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TURN servers aren't exactly a hot technology, they are usually an after thought when building something. Most of the time
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beginners build an interesting WebRTC application, but at the very end realize they need a TURN server. It is really frustrating when you
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want to share your cool new project, only to realize you have to run another service.
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Then you find yourself building from source, fighting with config files and making changes you don't fully understand. Pion TURN was born
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hoping to solve these frustrations. These are the guiding principals/features that define pion-turn.
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## Easy setup
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simple-turn is a statically built TURN server, configured by environment variables. The entire install setup is 5 commands, on any platform!
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The goal is that anyone should be able to run a TURN server on any platform.
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## Integration first
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pion-turn makes no assumptions about how you authenticate users, how you log, or even your topology! Instead of running a dedicated TURN server you
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can inherit from github.com/pion/turn and set whatever logger you want.
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## Embeddable
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You can add this to an existing service. This means all your config files stay homogeneous instead of having the mismatch that makes it harder to manage your services.
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For small setups it is usually an overkill to deploy dedicated TURN servers, this makes it easier to solve the problems you care about.
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## Safe
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Golang provides a great foundation to build safe network services. Especially when running a networked service that is highly concurrent bugs can be devastating.
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## Readable
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All network interaction is commented with a link to the spec. This makes learning and debugging easier, the TURN server was written to also serve as a guide for others.
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## Tested
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Every commit is tested via travis-ci Go provides fantastic facilities for testing, and more will be added as time goes on.
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## Shared libraries
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Every pion product is built using shared libraries, allowing others to build things using existing tested STUN and TURN tools.
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