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FLASH MEDIA SERVER 4.5 CONFIGURATION AND ADMINISTRATION 253 XML configuration files reference Contained elements Key WaitTime Specifies length to wait in milliseconds for edge autodiscovery. The number must be long enough to establish a TCP connection, perform a UDP broadcast, collect the UDP responses, and return an XML response. Do not set this number too low. Example 1000 See also Enabled, AllowOverride Last updated 11/28/2012

Section	Page
Legal notices	2
Contents	3
Chapter 1: Deploying the server	5
Configure ports	5
Port requirements	5
Configure IP addresses and ports	6
Configure IP addresses and ports for RTMFP	7
RTMFP connection flow	7
Configure RTMFP redirect ports	7
About the HostPort element	8
Configure a public IP address if the server is behind a NAT	8
NAT and firewall traversal	8
Configure ports for HTTP streaming	10
Load balancing	11
Workflow for deploying servers in a cluster	11
Clustering multiple servers behind a load balancer	11
Load balancing peer-assisted networking applications	12
Deploying edge servers	12
Workflow for deploying edge servers	12
Configure edge servers	13
Set up caching on edge servers	15
Connect to an edge server	16
Deploying 64-bit servers	17
Chapter 2: Configuring the server	18
Configure the server for virtual hosting	18
Adaptors and virtual hosts	18
Configuration folder structure	18
Add an adaptor	19
Add a virtual host	20
Configuring a single application	21
Working with configuration files	21
Edit a configuration file	21
Editing parameters in the fms.ini file	22
Using symbols in configuration files	22
Configuring performance features	24
Configure the server to deliver live media	24
Configure the server to deliver on-demand media	25
Configure a 64-bit server	25
Configuring the server to deliver audio-only media	25
Configure the recorded media cache	25
Configure the size of stream chunks	26
Send aggregate messages	27
Combine audio samples	30
Limit connection requests	30
Close idle connections	31
Configure how applications are assigned to server processes	33
Configure the RAW adaptor	36
Disable RTMPE	36
Configuring security features	37
Restrict which domains can connect to a virtual host	37
Verify SWF files	38
Restrict access to the server with a cross-domain file	41
Limit access to Flash Media Administration Server	41
Set limits on unsuccessful login attempts	42
Configure SSL	42
Configure RPCs (Remote Procedure Calls)	47
Enable virtual directory mappings for server-side File objects	48
Performing general configuration tasks	49
Enable checkpoint logging events	49
Allow Administration API methods to be called over HTTP	49
Allow application debugging connections	50
Configuring IPv6	50
Defining Application object properties	51
Configure or disable native bandwidth detection	52
Configuring content storage	53
Setting the location of application files	53
Mapping directories to network drives	54
Setting the location of recorded streams and shared objects	54
Mapping virtual directories to physical directories	55
Virtual directory example: vod	55
Virtual directory example: Separating high- and low-bandwidth video	56
Virtual directory example: Local and network file paths	57
Configuring Apache HTTP Server	57
About Apache HTTP Server	57
Specify the maximum HTTP header line length	58
Enable and disable Apache and HTTP proxying	58
Enable Apache and HTTP proxying	58
Disable Apache and HTTP proxying	59
Deliver SWF files and HTML files over HTTP	59
Create web directories for applications	60
Using Apache as a WebDAV host	60
Running Apache for Windows as a service	60
Upgrading Apache HTTP server	61
Troubleshooting Apache HTTP server	62
Configure Apache for Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming and Apple HTTP Live Streaming	63
Configure the HTTP modules	63
Logging for HTTP streaming	63
Use an external Apache HTTP Server for HTTP Dynamic Streaming and HTTP Live Streaming	64
Configure HTTP Streaming failover	66
Overview of HTTP Streaming failover	66
Enable best-effort fetch	67
Configure HTTP Streaming failover server settings	68
Code the control plane application	68
Query stream status	69
Disable an event	70
Disable a stream	71
Enable an event	72
Enable a stream	73
Mark an event as done	74
Mark a stream as done	75
Mark an event as in-progress	76
Mark a stream as in-progress	77
Using a third-party web server	78
Configuring Differentiated Services (DiffServ)	79
Understanding DiffServ	79
DiffServ system requirements	79
DiffServ Internet Protocol versions	79
Unsupported operations	80
Configure DiffServ in the Server.xml file	80
Configuring DiffServ in an Authorization plug-in	80
Set operations	81
Get operations	81
Logging	81
Verifying bits	82
Verifying bits in an RTMP stream	83
Verifying bits in an RTMPT stream	83
Chapter 3: Using the Administration Console	84
Connecting to the Administration Console	84
About the Administration Console	84
Connect to the Administration Console	84
Change or pause the refresh rate	85
Inspecting applications	86
View applications	86
Viewing log messages for an application	88
Viewing active streams	88
Viewing active clients	89
Viewing active shared objects	90
View performance information	91
Manage administrators	93
About administrator roles	93
Add administrators	93
Delete administrator accounts and reset passwords	94
Managing the server	95
Monitoring server performance	95
Viewing server details	96
Viewing connection details	97
Viewing application details	97
Viewing license files	97
Add a serial key	98
View the access log file	98
Chapter 4: Monitoring and Managing Log Files	99
Working with log files	99
About log files	99
Configuration files for logging	99
Working with web server log files	99
Rotating and backing up log files	100
Access logs	100
Reading access logs	100
Logging events periodically for live and 24/7 applications	100
Access events defined in access logs	101
Fields in access logs	102
Event status codes in access logs	105
Application logs	107
Application log file	107
Fields in application logs	107
Diagnostic logs	108
Diagnostic log file	108
Fields in diagnostic logs	108
Status categories in diagnostic logs	108
Chapter 5: Administering the server	110
Start and stop the server	110
Start and stop the server on Windows	110
Start and stop the server on Linux	110
Checking server status	111
View server events in the Windows Event Viewer	111
Check server health	111
Checking video files	114
Checking FLV files created or modified with third-party tools	114
Checking other video files	114
Check a video file with the FLVCheck tool	114
FLVCheck errors	115
FLVCheck warnings	117
Managing the server on Linux	118
Scramble tool	119
Chapter 6: Using the Administration API	120
Working with the Administration API	120
About the Administration API	120
Set permissions for Administration API method calls over HTTP	120
Call an Administration API method over HTTP	121
Constructing an HTTP request string	121
Call Administration API methods over RTMP or RTMPE	122
Create your first Flash application	122
Create your first application in Flex	124
Chapter 7: XML configuration files reference	127
Changes to configuration files from 4.0 to 4.5	127
fms.ini changes	127
Adaptor.xml file changes	127
Application.xml file changes	127
Logger.xml file changes	128
Server.xml file changes	128
Users.xml file changes	128
Vhost.xml file changes	128
Adaptor.xml file	128
Adaptor	128
Allow	129
Deny	129
Edge	129
Enable	129
EnableAltVhost	130
Host	130
HostPort	130
HostPortList	131
HTTPIdent	131
HTTPIdent2	132
HTTPNull	132
HttpProxy	133
HTTPTunnel	133
HTTPUserInfo	133
IdleAckInterval	134
IdlePostInterval	134
IdleTimeout	134
MaxFailures	135
MaxHeaderLineLength	135
MaxPipelinedRequests	135
MaxSize	135
MimeType	135
NeedClose	136
NodeID	136
Order	136
Path	136
RecoveryTime	137
Redirect	137
ResourceLimits	137
RTMP	137
RTMPE	138
SetCookie	138
SSL	138
SSLCertificateFile	139
SSLCertificateKeyFile	139
SSLCipherSuite	139
SSLPassPhrase	139
SSLServerCtx	140
SSLSessionTimeout	140
SSLVerifyClient	141
SSLVerifyDepth	141
UpdateInterval	141
WriteBufferSize	141
Application.xml file	142
Access	142
Access (Logging)	142
AccumulatedIFrames	143
AdaptorId	143
AggregateMessages (Client)	143
AggregateMessages (Queue)	143
Allow	144
AllowDebugDefault	144
AllowHTTPTunnel	144
Application	145
AssumeAbsoluteTime	145
Audio	145
AutoCloseIdleClients	145
AudioSampleAccess	146
AutoCommit	146
Bandwidth	147
BandwidthCap	147
BandwidthDetection	147
Bits	148
BufferRatio	148
Cache	148
CachePrefix	149
CacheUpdateInterval	150
Checkpoints	150
Client	150
Client (RPC)	150
ClientToServer (Bandwidth)	151
ClientToServer (BandwidthCap)	151
CombineSamples	152
ContentProtection	152
Connections	152
DataSize	152
Debug	152
Diagnostic	153
DirLevelSWFScan	153
DisallowedProtocols	153
Distribute	153
DuplicateDir	154
Duration	154
Enabled	155
EnhancedSeek	155
EraseOnPublish	155
EventsDir	155
Exception	155
FileObject	156
FinalHashTimeout	156
FirstHashTimeout	156
FlushOnData	156
FolderAccess	156
GroupControl	157
HDS	157
HiCPU	157
Host	157
HTTP	157
HTTP1_0	158
HTTPTunnel	158
IdleAckInterval	158
IdlePostInterval	159
Interface	159
Interval	159
JoinLeaveEvents	160
JSEngine	160
KeyFrameInterval	161
LifeTime	161
Live (StreamManager)	161
Live (MsgQueue)	162
LoadOnStartup	162
LockTimeout	162
LoCPU	162
Logging	162
LogInterval	163
Max	163
MaxAggMsgSize	163
MaxAppIdleTime	163
MaxAudioLatency	163
MaxBufferRetries	164
MaxCores	164
MaxDuration	164
MaxDurationCap	164
MaxGCSkipCount	165
MaxFailures	165
MaxIdleTime	165
MaxInitDelay	165
MaxLatency	166
MaxMessageSizeLosslessVideo	166
MaxPendingDebugConnections	166
MaxProperties	166
MaxPropertySize	166
MaxQueueDelay	167
MaxQueueSize	167
MaxRate	167
MaxSamples	167
MaxSize (AccumulatedIFrames)	167
MaxSize (Recording)	168
MaxSizeCap	168
MaxStreamsBeforeGC	168
MaxTime	168
MaxTimeOut (Connections)	169
MaxTimeOut (JSEngine and ScriptEngine)	169
MaxUnprocessedChars	169
MaxUrlLength	169
MaxWait	170
MimeType	170
MinBufferTime (Live)	170
MinBufferTime (Recorded)	170
MinGoodVersion	171
MinQueuedVideo	171
MsgQueue	171
NetConnection (ScriptEngine)	171
NetConnection (RPC)	171
NotifyAudioStop	172
ObjectEncoding	172
OutChunkSize	173
OverridePublisher	173
Password	173
PeerLookupEvents	173
Port	174
Prioritization	174
Process	174
Proxy	175
PublishTimeout	175
QualifiedStreamsMapping	175
Queue	176
Recorded	176
Recording (HDS)	176
Recording (StreamManager)	176
RecoveryTime	176
Redirect	177
ResyncDepth	177
Reuse	177
RollOver	177
RPC	178
RTMFP	178
RuntimeSize	178
Scope	178
ScriptEngine	179
ScriptLibPath	180
Security	180
SendDuplicateOnMetaData	180
SendDuplicateStart	181
SendSilence	181
Server	181
ServerToClient (Bandwidth)	181
ServerToClient (BandwidthCap)	181
SharedObject	182
SharedObjManager	182
StartClockOnPublish	183
StorageDir	183
Stream	183
StreamManager	183
Subscribers	184
SWFFolder	184
SWFVerification	184
ThrottleBoundaryRequest	184
ThrottleDisplayInterval	185
ThrottleLoads	185
Tunnel	185
TTL	185
Type	186
UnrestrictedAuth	186
UpdateInterval	186
UserAgent	186
UserAgentExceptions	186
Username	187
Verbose	187
VideoSampleAccess	187
VirtualDirectory	187
WindowsPerAck	188
WriteBufferSize	188
XMLSocket	188
Logger.xml file	189
Access	189
admin	189
Application	189
AuthEvent	189
AuthMessage	190
core	190
Delimiter	190
Diagnostic	190
Directory	191
DisplayFieldsHeader	191
edge	191
EscapeFields	191
Events	191
Fields	192
FileIO	192
FileName	192
History	193
HostPort	193
Logger	193
LogServer	193
master	193
MaxSize	193
QuoteFields	194
Rename	194
Rotation	194
Schedule	194
ServerID	195
Time	195
Server.xml file	195
Access	195
ACCP	196
ActiveProfile	196
AdaptorName	196
Admin	196
AdminElem	196
AdminServer	197
Allow	197
AllowAnyAACProfile	197
AllowAnyAVCProfile	197
AllowedVideoLag	198
Application	198
ApplicationGC	198
AudioAutoBufferReadSize	198
AuthEvent	198
AuthMessage	198
AutoCloseIdleClients	199
Cache	199
CheckInterval	199
Checkpoints	200
ConnectionTimeout	200
Connector	200
Content	200
Core	201
CoreExitDelay	201
CoreGC	201
CoreTimeout	201
CPUMonitor	202
CrossDomainPath	202
Deny	202
Diagnostic	202
DiffServ	203
DiffServMask	203
Directory	203
DirLevelSWFScan	203
ECCP	203
Edge	204
Edge (ResourceLimits)	204
EdgeCore	204
Enable	204
EnableAggMsgs (playback)	204
EnableAggMsgs (raw)	205
EnableSystemLogging	205
FileCheckInterval	205
FileIO	205
FilePlugin	205
FLVCache	206
FLVCachePurge	206
FLVCacheSize	206
FreeMemRatio	206
FreeRatio	206
GCInterval	207
GID	207
GlobalQueue	207
GlobalRatio	207
HandleCache	207
HeapSize	208
HostPort	208
HTTP	208
Httpd	209
IdleTime	209
IpcHostPort	209