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14 Using Edge and Origin Servers
A second problem surfaces when RTMPT is specified in the URI. You may specify this
protocol only for the first prefix. The following are valid URIs:
rtmpt://foo/?rtmp://bar/app/inst
rtmpt://foo:443/?rtmp://bar/app/inst
The following are invalid URIs:
rtmpt://foo/?rtmpt://bar/app/inst
rtmp://foo/?rtmpt://bar/app/inst
Configuring edge servers
All Flash Media Server functionalities—live streaming, on-demand streaming, messaging,
shared object handling, scripting—take place as application instances. Application developers
write scripts to create Flash Media Server applications, instances of which are then distributed
by the Flash Media Server. A minimal application runs on the edge to perform connection
aggregation, stream splitting, stream caching, and smart state management. This separation of
tasks off loads to the edge server a large portion of the processing from the main application
that runs on the origin server.
Flash Media Server and network administrators can configure edge servers to function in
different ways. The XML configuration files define how the edge servers connect clients to the
origin server. These settings determine how the incoming URLs are routed between the edges
and the origin server. You can have a computer run Flash Media Server in a mixed mode, in
which certain virtual hosts on this system run applications locally, while others run
applications remotely.
To configure Flash Media Server, you edit or modify the XML tags in its configuration files.
Following are some representative examples:
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The
Anonymous
tag in the Vhost.xml file configures the edge server as either an implicit
(transparent) or explicit proxy.
For more information, see “Anonymous” in Managing Flash Media Server .
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The
Mode
tag in the Vhost.xml file configures Flash Media Server to run as an origin or
edge (proxy) server.
For more information, see “Mode” in Managing Flash Media Server .
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The
LocalAddress
tag in the Vhost.xml file allows the administrator to control the
network traffic by isolating incoming and outgoing traffic to separate network interfaces.
For more information, see “LocalAddress” in
Managing Flash Media Server
.
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The
Scope
tag in the Application.xml file determines the process scope in which to run
the application. Set this tag to run the applications and proxies in inst mode. Each
application and virtual host has its own process.
For more information, see “Scope” in Managing Flash Media Server .