Adding Domain Names
Before using Live, you must add ingest domain names and streaming domain names to Live.
Domain Name Admission Process
Figure 1 shows the process of connecting domain names to Live.
- Register a domain name. If you do not have a domain name, you can purchase a domain name from a DNS provider.
A level-1 domain name cannot be used as an ingest domain or streaming domain. If your domain name is example.com, you can use sub-domain names, for example, test-push.example.com and test-play.example.com, as the ingest domain name and streaming domain name.
- Add domain names. Add an ingest domain name and a streaming domain name to Live.
- Associate domain names. Associate the ingest domain name with the streaming domain name.
- Configure CNAME records with your domain names' DNS providers so that the domain names can point to the CNAME record allocated.
Adding Domain Names
- Log in to the Live console.
- In the navigation pane, choose Domains.
- Click Add Domain Name. On the displayed page, enter a streaming or ingest domain name.Figure 2 Adding a domain name
Table 1 Domain name parameters Parameter
Description
Domain Name
Enter a sub-domain as the ingest domain name or streaming domain name. Enter up to 42 characters.
An ingest domain name must be different from a streaming domain name. Wildcard domains are not allowed.
Example: test-push.example.com
Domain Type
If you enter an ingest domain name in the Domain Name field, then select Ingest Domain Name for Domain Type.
- Click OK.
A domain name whose Status is Configuring is displayed in the domain name list. About 3 to 5 minutes later, if Status becomes Normal, the domain name has been added.
Figure 3 Added domain name
- Associate the streaming domain name with the ingest domain name. For details, see Associating Domain Names.
- Add a CNAME record to your domain's DNS records. For details, see Configuring CNAME Records. Once the configuration takes effect, live streaming acceleration is automatically enabled for the domain name.
Follow-up Operations
After domain names are added, you can configure the following settings for the ingest and streaming domain names.
- Configure a recording, transcoding, or snapshot template for your ingest domain name. For details, see Creating a Recording Template, Transcoding, and Snapshot Capturing.
- Configure playback authentication for your streaming domain name. For details, see Overview.
