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.

To configure the Traffic Type rule:

1. Navigate to the Select Rule dialog.
2. In the Select Rule dialog, choose Traffic Type.

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.)
   • Software Downloads - For large file downloads with no streaming requirements.
     
     
   If your site has multiple hosts, each host must define the same traffic type.

   
   

4. 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.

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

* For time-critical live events like sports or interactive streaming, configure a Low Latency Live rule.