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title: "Traffic Type"
slug: "traffic-type"
updated: 2025-06-08T11:38:10Z
published: 2025-06-08T11:38:10Z
canonical: "docs.qwilt.com/traffic-type"
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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**.

![trafficType1.png](https://cdn.document360.io/fa039225-513b-46a1-ba78-a57a1f1cb7c6/Images/Documentation/trafficType1.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-14T03%3A25%3A15Z&se=2026-11-14T04%3A25%3A15Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=es6IHmUpRDAiFkXs4avgZXZrhh9Dlh6xEM%2FUM9Ittf8%3D)

1. Select the Traffic Type:

          If your site has multiple hosts, each host must define the same 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).)
  - **Software Downloads** - For large file downloads with no streaming requirements.
2. 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"
    }
},
```

| Field | Valid Values |
| --- | --- |
| traffic-type | **vod**: Video-on-demand for pre-recorded content. **live**: Standard live streaming.* **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).