ApsaraVideo Live allows you to ingest streams and play streams. To do so, you need to add an ingest domain and a streaming domain. The ingest domain is used to ingest live streams to the nearest points of presence (POPs), and the streaming domain is used to deliver the live streams to viewers from the nearest POPs. This way, the distribution of the live streams is accelerated. This topic describes how to add an accelerated domain name in the ApsaraVideo Live console.
Procedure
Log on to the ApsaraVideo Live console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Domain Names. The Domain Management page appears.
Click Add Domain.
In the Add Domain Name step, configure parameters as needed.
Show parameters
Parameter | Valid value | Description |
Domain Type | Streaming Domain Ingest Domain
| The type of the domain name. It cannot be modified once set.
Note You cannot add a domain name as both an ingest domain and a streaming domain. |
Domain Name | N/A | Enter the domain name that you want to accelerate. Take note of the following items: In most cases, use a subdomain as an accelerated domain name. Example: demo.aliyundoc.com. ApsaraVideo Live does not support wildcard domain names, such as *.aliyundoc.com. Duplicate accelerated domain names are not allowed. If the error message The specified domain already exists is displayed, check whether the domain name is added to other cloud services such as ApsaraVideo VOD. You can add up to 20 domain names to ApsaraVideo Live for each account. If the average daily peak bandwidth of your domain names exceeds 50 Mbit/s, you can submit a ticket to increase the quota of domain names. Make sure that the quota increase does not incur business risks. Content served from the domain name must meet the compliance requirements of ApsaraVideo Live.
Note The specified subdomain must belong to the same Alibaba Cloud account. If not, an error message appears. |
Acceleration Region | Chinese Mainland | If the streamers or viewers are located in the Chinese mainland, select Chinese Mainland. ICP filing is required. We recommend using Alibaba Cloud ICP Filing system. |
Global | If the streamers or viewers are located around the world, select Global. ICP filing is required. We recommend using Alibaba Cloud ICP Filing system. |
Outside Chinese Mainland | If the streamers or viewers are located in countries and regions outside the Chinese mainland, including Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), and Taiwan (China), select Outside Chinese Mainland. If you select Outside Chinese Mainland and a live center outside the Chinese mainland, ICP filing is not required. If you select Outside Chinese Mainland and a live center in the Chinese mainland, ICP filing is required.
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Live Center | See Supported regions. | A live center provides media processing services in the cloud, such as snapshot capture, recording, transcoding, and production studio. The live center of an ingest domain must be located in the same region as that of the associated streaming domain. This parameter cannot be modified once it is set. For further guidance, see How do I select a live center. |
Click Submit.
What to do next
After you add an ingest domain and a streaming domain to ApsaraVideo Live, you must configure CNAME records for the domain names. For more information, see Add a CNAME record.