Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Creating a Distribution Channel

Create a distribution channel to distribute streamed content in Media Streams.

    1. Open the navigation menu  and select Analytics & AI. Under Media Services, select Media Streams.
    2. Select the compartment to create the distribution channel in.
    3. Select Create distribution channel.
    4. In the Create distribution channel workflow, enter a name to uniquely identify the channel. You can edit the name later.
      You can't use the following special characters in the name: & < > " ' / \ = ;
    5. Verify that the compartment shown is the one that you want to create the channel in.
    6. (Optional) In the Tags section, add one or more tags to the channel.
      If you have permissions to create a resource, then you also have permissions to apply free-form tags to that resource. To apply a defined tag, you must have permissions to use the tag namespace. For more information about tagging, see Resource Tags. If you're not sure whether to apply tags, skip this option or ask an administrator. You can apply tags later.
    7. Select Next.
    8. Enter a name for the CDN configuration, and then select the CDN for the distribution channel from the list.
      • To stream content from OCI Object Store, select OCI Edge.
      • If you're using Akamai for content streaming, select Akamai.
    9. If you selected Akamai, enter the following information:
      • Edge host name: The host name of the CDN edge server used for building CDN URLs.
      • Edge path prefix: The path to prepend when building CDN URLs.
      • Edge auth token: Select if the token authentication must be used at the CDN edge.
      • Edge token key: The encryption key to use for edge token authentication.
      • Edge token salt: The salt to use when encrypting authentication token.
      • Authentication secret key: The shared secret key for precise key rotation.
      • Authentication secret key nonce: The Nonce identifier for originAuthSecretKey (used to determine the key for signing).
    10. Select Next, and then select Create.

      The distribution channel is created.

  • To create a distribution channel, use the create command:

    oci media-services stream-distribution-channel create [OPTIONS]

    Required parameters for the create command:

    • --compartment-id, -c [text]
    • --display-name [text]

    To get all the commands for stream-distribution-channel:

    oci media-services stream-distribution-channel -h

    To get help for the create command:

    oci media-services stream-distribution-channel create -h
    For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference.

  • To create a distribution channel, use the CreateStreamDistributionChannel operation.