Guide

Configure an Origin for the Stream

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Follow these steps to set up a Media Services Live (MSL5) origin for your live stream.

Log in to your MSL5 account and select ☰> Origin

Add a new origin

  1. Click the Add Origin button.

In the Add new origin window, fill in the following fields.

  1. Origin identifier. Type a name for your origin.
  2. Contract. Select one of the contracts from the drop-down menu.
  3. Group. Select the appropriate group from the drop-down menu with access and visibility to the origin (e.g., read/write permissions).

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The next release will provide an option to enable auto-sync for “Group Name” and “Group ID”, so that the group options listed here will be displayed as “Group Name.

  1. CP Tag. Select the appropriate CP Tag from the drop-down menu.
  2. Ingest location. Select the location for your encoder from the drop-down menu. You can specify the geographical entry point for content.
  3. If you use a backup encoder, slide in Backup encoder and select the backup location for the ingestion.

Encoder locationi settings.

Add a shared key

  1. Click the Add shared key + to create shared keys:

Shared key settings.

  1. Name. Enter a name for the key. The name should have a minimum of 3 characters
  2. Hostname. Enter a hostname for the key. The host name must be a valid URL.
  3. Key. A key value is set by MSL5; you may click on the rotate button to rotate the key.
  4. Toggle the Enable slider to enable or disable the key.
  5. Use the icon to copy the key to the clipboard.

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Multiple Shared Keys

MSL5 Origin provides flexible G2O key management to secure content delivery through multiple CDNs. An optional "Shared Keys" feature can be configured with the MSL5 Origin. The hostname of the CDN request will be authenticated using the shared key created during origin authentication.

The hostname configured in the Origin authentication can be aligned with the Akamai AMD properties for G2O authentication. The default authentication method will utilize G2O with the SHA256-HMAC encryption algorithm which can be defined in the Adaptive Media Delivery (AMD) Property Configuration Settings UI.

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After you create the origin, you can edit, rename, rotate, enable, or disable the shared keys.

  1. Click Create origin.

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MSL5 imposes a service quota/soft limit on number of streams that can be created by a single Origin. Refer to Stream Creation Limits for more information.

Updated 2 days ago