Quick Start

If you want to use Cloud Live with your own domain names, see Figure 1.

Figure 1 Getting started with Cloud Live

Table 1 describes how to get started with Cloud Live.

**Table 1** Getting started with Cloud Live
No.	Operation	Description
1	Adding Domain Names	Add an ingest domain name and a streaming domain name to Live. You can register a level-1 domain name (for example, example.com) and use two level-2 domain names (for example, live-play.example.com and live-push.example.com) as the ingest domain name and streaming domain name.
2	Associating Domain Names	Associate the ingest domain name with the streaming domain name. Otherwise, the playback will fail.
3	Configuring CNAME Records	Live assigns a CNAME record to the ingest domain name and streaming domain name. Add the CNAME records to your domains' DNS records to enable live streaming acceleration.
4	Enabling HTTPS Secure Acceleration	You can enable HTTPS secure acceleration for LLL to ensure that your live content is encrypted during transmission. This operation is required only for LLL.
4	(Optional) Configuring Stream Push Transcoding Configuring a Recording Template Snapshot Capturing Stream Authentication (Optional) Configuring Stream Pull Configuring the Stream Latency Configuring Origin Pull Settings HTTPS Secure Acceleration Playback Authentication	Configure recording, transcoding, snapshot capturing, and authentication before streaming.
5	Pushing Streams	You can use a third-party streaming tool such as Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) to push streams. For details about stream push of Cloud Stream Live, see Pushing Streams. This operation is required only for LLL. See Pushing Streams.
6	Streaming Content	Cloud Stream Live: You can use a third-party player such as VLC media player to stream content. See Streaming Content. LLL: You can play a video on web clients through the Huawei Cloud LLL online demo or API. See Streaming Content (on a Web Client).