Why use AWS CloudFormation for MediaTailor and CDN integration
AWS Elemental MediaTailor automation with AWS CloudFormation provides significant advantages for broadcast professionals managing streaming workflows. Manually configuring MediaTailor with a content delivery network (CDN) can be time-consuming and error-prone. Using AWS CloudFormation automation offers the following advantages.
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Consistency: Ensures the same configuration is deployed every time, reducing human error.
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Version control: Store your infrastructure as code in a version control system for tracking changes.
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Rapid deployment: Deploy complex configurations in minutes instead of hours of manual configuration.
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Environment replication: Easily replicate configurations across development, testing, and production environments.
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Documentation: The template itself serves as documentation of your infrastructure.
Here's how the automated workflow compares to manual configuration:
| Manual setup (multiple steps) | Automated setup (single template) |
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| Create MediaTailor playback configuration | Deploy one AWS CloudFormation template with parameters |
| Create CloudFront distribution | |
| Configure cache behaviors | |
| Set up security configurations |
The automated workflow for setting up MediaTailor with CloudFront follows these steps:
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Deploy the AWS CloudFormation template with your content origin and ad server parameters
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AWS CloudFormation creates and configures all necessary resources:
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MediaTailor playback configuration for ad insertion
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CloudFront distribution with appropriate cache behaviors
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Security configurations for content protection
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Use the AWS CloudFormation outputs to access your ad-enabled stream URLs
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Stream your content with dynamically inserted ads
