The format that the support team sent me did not work. I am unsure why half of the references say to use the Java keytool to create certificates, and other references state a requirement for OpenSSL to perform actions for which the keytool is definitely capable.Īdditionally, there was some confusion regarding the format of the URL to get the videos to successfully play over HTTPS. The stated requirement and references to OpenSSL was particularly confusing, because this piece of software was not required to do what I needed. However, their documentation in this regard was a big sparse and I had to supplement this with additional research. does not actually have anything to do with Wowza software per se.
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I realize that our use case was an edge case as compared to the standard Wowza user, and that learning how to set up https/SSL/Streamlock, creating certificates, etc.
The documentation was, for the most part, very clear and easy to follow, and the support staff that I contacted were very responsive and helpful.Īs stated, the documentation was helpful, clear, and easy to follow, for the most part. It is capable of doing everything we need it to do and much, much more. It was very easy to set up and use the streaming engine. We could copy and cache the videos on each user's machine, but it is far more efficient to be able to use a streaming video server to stream the videos over HTTPS and Wowza enables us to do this. Opmerkingen: We have customers that are requesting a level of security that requires all documents and files, including videos, to be transported over HTTPS.