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title: "Traffic Type"
slug: "traffic-type"
updated: 2025-06-08T11:38:10Z
published: 2025-06-08T11:38:10Z
stale: true
---

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# Traffic Type

## Overview
Traffic type is a global setting that must be the same for all site hosts. Supported traffic types are ```software-downloads```, ```live```, or ```vod```. If not explicitly defined, the Traffic Type defaults to software-downloads. 

## Configure the Rule
Here, we'll describe how to configure the rule with the Delivery Service Management UI. 

API Users may choose to [build the site configuration offline](https://api-docs.qwilt.cqloud.com/docs/CDN%20APIs/Sites%20API/prepare-the-configuration-json).

**To configure the Traffic Type rule:**
1. [Navigate to the Select Rule dialog](/v1/docs/add-a-rule).
2. In the Select Rule dialog, choose **Traffic Type**. 
    

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3. Select the Traffic Type: 
    - **VOD** - Video-on-demand for pre-recorded content.
    -  **Live** - Standard live streaming. (For time-critical live events like sports or interactive streaming, [configure a Low Latency Live rule](/v1/docs/low-latency-live){target=`_blank`}.)
    -  **Software Downloads** - For large file downloads with no streaming requirements.
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    :::(Info) (If your site has multiple hosts, each host must define the same traffic type. )
   
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5. Choose **Add Rule**.


## SVTA Component: MI.TrafficType
When you save the configuration version, the **MI.TrafficType** component is added to the JSON configuration. 

This example sets the traffic type to ```vod```.

```json
{
    "generic-metadata-type": "MI.TrafficType",
    "generic-metadata-value": {
        "traffic-type": "vod"
    }
},
```

<br>
| Field                   | Valid Values                    | 
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|traffic-type         | **vod**: Video-on-demand for pre-recorded content.   <br> **live**: Standard live streaming.* <br>**object-downloads**: For large file downloads with no streaming requirements. | 

\* For time-critical live events like sports or interactive streaming, [configure a Low Latency Live rule](/v1/docs/low-latency-live){target=`_blank`}.