Updated on 2026-01-13 GMT+08:00

Prerequisites

  • If you are a Huawei Cloud (International) user, you must complete real-name authentication when you:

    Purchase and use cloud services in Huawei Cloud regions in the Chinese mainland. In this case, real-name authentication is required by the laws and regulations of the Chinese mainland. Plan to use VOD in Huawei Cloud regions in the Chinese mainland.

  • If you are a Huawei Cloud (Chinese Mainland) user, you must complete real-name authentication before purchasing and using VOD in regions outside the Chinese mainland.
  • If your account is restricted, you are unable to purchase or use any VOD functions, including media asset upload, URL-based ingestion, media asset publishing, video snapshot management, and media asset transcoding.
  • If you delete a project that had VOD enabled and then try to use VOD in a different project within the same region, you must re-enable VOD for that new project. This action does not affect any media files that already exist in that new project. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

    Deleting a project will also delete the media files and domain names associated with VOD in that project.

  • If you have already enabled VOD (not through the VOD console) and the system displays a message indicating that you need to enable the service again, perform the operations below.
  1. Register a HUAWEI ID.
  2. Complete real-name authentication.
  3. Top up your account (by at least $0.15 USD) in Billing Center.
  4. Log in to the VOD console and enable VOD as instructed.