Pinnacle Systems Media Distribute - 2.3 Installation Manual

Media | Distribute

Installation and Configuration Guide

Version 2.3

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Media | Distribute Installation and Configuration Guide •

Using This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Chapter 1 Installation for Media | Distribute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute in a Cluster Environment . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Identifying the Master and Non-Master Nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Identifying the Virtual Cluster IP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Configuring the Media | Distribute Installation on the Master Node . . . . . . . . . . 17

Configuring the Media | Distribute Installation on Non-Master Nodes . . . . . . . . 19

Restarting PostgreSQL Service and Verifying the Cluster Installation. . . . . . . . 20

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute on a Single Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute on a Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Modifying Media | Distribute to Work with a Proxy Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Removing Media | Distribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Chapter 2 Configuration for Media | Distribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Verifying Your Media | Distribute Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Assigning Media | Distribute Roles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

MediaCentral | UX Security for Media | Distribute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Configuring the Transcode Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Configuring MediaCentral | UX for Media | Distribute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Configuring the Video Transcoding Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Send to Playback Configuration for Media | Distribute. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Configuring a Telestream Vantage Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Validating the Vantage Transcode Route Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Configuring the Harmonic ProMedia Carbon Transcoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Configuring a RadiantGrid Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Chapter 3 Configuring System Accounts for Media | Distribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Configuring the Bitly Link-Shortening Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Configuring a Twitter Publication Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Configuring a Facebook Publication Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Configuring a Facebook Page Publication Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Configuring a Vimeo Publication Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Configuring a YouTube Publication Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Configuring a Brightcove Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Configuring a Kaltura Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Configuring an Atex Polopoly Web CMS Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Configuring a WorldNow Web CMS Profile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Configuring a WordPress CMS Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Configuring an InternetBroadcasting CMS Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Configuring a Generic CMS Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring a Generic OVP Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Chapter 4 Configuring User Profiles for Media | Distribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Configuring a User Profile for a Personal Twitter Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Configuring a User Profile for a Personal Facebook Account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Appendix A Media | Distribute Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Appendix B Working with Media | Distribute Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Appendix C Modifying the Transcoder Monitoring Interval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Using This Guide

This guide is intended for users of MediaCentral | UX with the Media | Distribute feature. This guide describes the installation and configuration procedures for Media Distribute, such as installing the Media Distribute software and configuring system accounts.

For information on using the publishing features of Media Distribute, see the Media | Distribute User’s Guide or the MediaCentral | UX Help. For administrative information for MediaCentral | UX, see the Avid MediaCentral | UX Administration Guide.

1 Installation for Media | Distribute

The supported configuration for Media Distribute requires you to install Media Distribute on your MediaCentral | UX server, which is part of your MediaCentral configuration. For installation information, see the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Installation and Configuration Guide.

Before you install Media Distribute, you must install and configure your MediaCentral server. If you plan to process video or to use a content management system (CMS) account profile, you must also install the Interplay Web Services. See “Installing Software for Interplay Web Services” in the Interplay | Production Software Installation and Configuration Guide.

The Media Distribute installation procedures assume you have installed Avid MediaCentral Platform Services (MCS). You must extract the Media Distribute installation package from Media_Distribute_[version]Build[xx]_Linux.tar.gz. You run the installation file itself from a shell script called install.sh. This installs the plug-in needed for MediaCentral UX to access the Media Distribute functionality, as well as the avid-mpd service which provides the functionality for Media Distribute workflows.

The procedures for installing Media Distribute depend on whether you install the application components in a cluster environment or on a single MediaCentral server.

• If you deploy MCS and components on a master node and one or more non-master nodes in a cluster configuration, see

Environment” on page 10

“Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute in a Cluster

• If you deploy all MCS and components on a single server, see

Media | Distribute on a Single Server” on page 21

If necessary for security considerations, you can configure Media Distribute to communicate with the Internet through a proxy server. For more information, see

Media | Distribute to Work with a Proxy Server” on page 24

The following installed components are necessary for the current version of Media Distribute:

• Avid MediaCentral Platform Services v2.3.x (if you work with a cluster configuration, you need to ensure that all nodes in the cluster function properly)

• iNEWS 3.4.3 or later (for MCS configurations with iNEWS

• Avid ISIS v4.6.1 driver

“Installing and Upgrading

“Modifying

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute in a Cluster Environment

• Red Had Enterprise Linux (RHEL) v6.5

• Avid Interplay Web Services

• MediaCentral Distribution Service

You also need to ensure that the following are available for Media Distribute:

• Interplay Media Services Engine

• Interplay Transfer engine

• At least one installed transcode provider

• STP encoder

• Internet connection for publishing to social media sites

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute in a Cluster Environment

The procedures in this section assume you have already installed and configured your MediaCentral Platform Services on your clustered servers. For more information on configuring a MediaCentral cluster environment, see the Avid MediaCentral Platform Services Installation and Configuration Guide. To configure Media Distribute, you require the following:

• RHEL and MediaCentral software components are installed on all servers in the cluster.

• All servers are set up and configured correctly for the cluster.

• Failover processes work correctly.

Installing Media Distribute entails the following steps:

• Copying the Media Distribute installation files to a USB drive.

• Identifying the master and non-master nodes in your configuration, and identifying the virtual cluster IP address (see

“Identifying the Virtual Cluster IP” on page 11).

and

• Installing Media Distribute on the master and all non-master nodes in your cluster configuration.

• Setting up the Media Distribute database on the master node of the cluster. You must install Media Distribute on all nodes, but you only configure the database once.

• Modifying the MCS configuration file to change the host address to the virtual cluster IP of the cluster.

After you have installed and configured Media Distribute on your master and non-master nodes, you need to restart some MediaCentral Platform and Media Distribute services.

“Identifying the Master and Non-Master Nodes” on page 11

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute in a Cluster Environment

If you need to remove Media Distribute, see “Removing Media | Distribute” on page 26.

For installation procedures, see the following topics:

“Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute” on page 13

•

• “Configuring the Media | Distribute Installation on the Master Node” on page 17

• “Configuring the Media | Distribute Installation on Non-Master Nodes” on page 19

The Media Distribute software installation package file (Media_Distribute_[version]Build[xx]_Linux.tar.gz) is available to Avid Support representatives only and can be downloaded from the Avid Gold Build repository.

To prepare and mount a USB drive for Media Distribute installation:

1. On a Windows system, format a USB drive as a FAT32 volume.

2. Get the Media Distribute installation package file (Media_Distribute_[version]Build[xx]_Linux.tar.gz) from your Avid representative.

3. Copy the compressed installation file to the USB drive.

4. Remove the USB device from the Windows system.

Identifying the Master and Non-Master Nodes

You can use the cluster resource monitoring command, crm, to verify which server functions as the master node and which as the non-master nodes.

To identify the master and non-master nodes, do the following:

t Log in to any node in the cluster as root and open the cluster resource monitoring utility by

typing the following:

crm resource status

The status of all cluster-related services on all nodes displays in the terminal window.

The master and non-master nodes are indicated as the Master/Slave Set — for example:

Master/Slave Set: ms_drbd_postgres [drbd_postgres] Masters: [ morpheus-hp1 ] Slaves: [ morpheus-hp2 ]

Identifying the Virtual Cluster IP

Some configuration files used in the configuration of your Media Distribute installation require the virtual cluster IP. This is required for the correct configuration of the Media Distribute service in a cluster installation.

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute in a Cluster Environment

To identify the virtual cluster IP:

t Log in to the master node of the cluster and type the following command:

ifconfig

The following is a example of the output of a typical network interface configuration:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:55:E6:83:E1

inet addr:172.24.18.163 Bcast:172.24.18.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

inet6 addr: fe80::226:55ff:fee6:83e1/64 Scope:Link

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

RX packets:4321802 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:3628475 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

RX bytes:1374391088 (1.2 GiB) TX bytes:1086706641 (1.0 GiB)

eth0:cl0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:55:E6:83:E1

inet addr:172.24.18.61 Bcast:172.24.18.189 Mask:255.255.255.255

UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1

Interrupt:38 Memory:fbde0000-fbe00000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback

inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0

inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host

UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1

RX packets:7331022 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

TX packets:7331022 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

RX bytes:8040287442 (7.4 GiB) TX bytes:8040287442 (7.4 GiB)

The virtual cluster IP is the IP assigned to the 'eth0:c10' network adapter. In this example, the virtual cluster IP is 172.24.18.61.

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute in a Cluster Environment

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute

If you install Media Distribute in a cluster environment, you must install it first on the master node of the cluster since the database service runs on this node. The installation includes creating a database for the Media Distribute service. This can only be done on the node with the running PostgreSQL service. After you install the application on the master node, you must install Media Distribute on all non-master nodes.

The procedure for upgrading Media Distribute is similar to the one you used initially to install Media Distribute. The upgrade procedure overwrites some configuration files. You can restore these files by using the backup configuration files already in your configuration once the upgrade completes.

When you upgrade your version of Media Distribute, all system and user settings are saved. You

do not need to create new settings, but if the newer version includes new features, you might need to modify your settings to activate the features. For a list of new features, see the ReadMe documentation that came with your version of MediaCentral UX. For information on setting up account profiles, see “Configuring System Accounts for Media | Distribute” on page 64.

The Media Distribute installation, upgrade, and configuration disconnects all users logged in to MediaCentral UX when it restarts some services. Ensure that all users save their sessions and log off during the installation or upgrade procedures.

To install or upgrade Media Distribute:

1. Insert the Media Distribute installation USB drive into the master node server.

2. Verify the name of the device by typing the following command:

Linux information relating to hardware appears on the screen.

Information for the USB device appears near the end of the output, near the list of SCSI devices. The name of the USB device is found inside square brackets (e.g., sdc). This is the name you use to mount the device.

3. Create a mount point for the USB device by typing the following:

4. Mount the USB key at the mount point you just created:

mount -t vfat /dev/sdc<?> /media/usb

The name of the USB device (sdc, in this case) takes a 1 (one) in the mount command. This simply indicates a partition exists on the USB device. Formatting the USB device in Windows created the partition.

The USB device is now mounted and available for use.

dmesg

mkdir /media/usb

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5. Verify the USB key has been mounted:

Information displays about all mounted file systems and devices, including information about the USB device, similar to the following:

File system Size Used Avail Use % Mounted on

/dev/sdc1 7.5 G 4.5 G 3.0 G 61 % /media/usb

6. Unpack the Media Distribute installation file by typing the following command:

tar -xzf /media/usb/Media_Distribute_[version]Build[xx]_Linux.tar.gz

The compressed file extracts to a subfolder within the target directory called Media_Distribute_[version]_Build_[xx]_Linux.

7. Navigate to the installation directory:

cd Media_Distribute_[version]_Build_[xx]_Linux

8. Run the installation script:

./install.sh

For master node installations, a default user in the PostgreSQL database is created with a user

name of PostgreSQL database are also created.

mpduser

and a password of

df -h

resudpm

. The necessary database tables and schema in

9. Follow the prompts to install Media Distribute.

During installation on non-master nodes, you might see a message; “Not running a database PG

on localhost. Please enter IP of database server.” If you see this message, press Enter. You do not need to provide an IP address for your database server when installing Media Distribute on a non-master node.

10. To verify the package has been installed on the master node, type the following:

rpm -qa | grep ‘mpd\|servicemix’

The output should include the following lines:

apache-servicemix.noarch 0:4.5.1-avid.el6.5 avid-mpd-[Version].[Build]-avid.el6.1.noarch.rpm avid-media-central-mpd-[Version].[Build]-avid.el6.1.noarch.rpm

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11. Type the following to open the MediaCentral Configurator, and then ensure that the Media Distribute plug-in is enabled within the Configurator:

/opt/avid/avid-interplay-central/configurator

When the MediaCentral Configurator completes, a dialog box opens.

12. Press Enter to select No.

The Configurator closes.

13. To restart the MediaCentral service, type the following command:

crm resource restart AvidIPC

When you restart the services, all users currently logged on to MediaCentral UX are logged out.

Restarting the services might take up to a minute.

14. To verify the version of Media Distribute installed on a master node, type the following command:

/usr/share/apache-servicemix/bin/mpd_version

The command returns the installed versions of ServiceMix and Media Distribute. For example:

ServiceMix Version: 4.5.1 MPD Version: 2.3.0.20150122_114231 MPD UI Version: 2.3.0.20150122_114231

15. To verify the ServiceMix installation on a master node, do the following:

a. Type the following

ssh Administrator@localhost -p 8101

b. Type

yes

to continue connecting to the host, and then type the default password

avid

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c. Type

list

, and press Enter.

All account endpoints display as “Active” and the Social Media Integration route displays as “Started.”

If not all endpoints are active or if the Social Media Integration route is not started, ServiceMix

might not have completed restarting. You can wait a moment and then retry these steps.

d. To quit ServiceMix, type

logout

16. For Media Distribute upgrades, restore the Servicemix configuration files by doing the following:

a. Type the following to navigate to the Servicemix directory:

cd /etc/apache-servicemix/

b. Type the following commands to restore the backup configuration files:

mv avid-mpd-wrapper.conf.rpmsave avid-mpd-wrapper.conf mv

com.avid.acs.bus.broker.rabbitmq.RabbitMqBusAccessFactory.cfg.rpmsav e com.avid.acs.bus.broker.rabbitmq.RabbitMqBusAccessFactory.cfg

17. To remove the installation files and unmount the USB drive, do the following:

cd /

a. Type

to ensure you are not currently on the USB key by changing to the root

directory.

b. Type the following:

rm -rf [target_directory] umount /media/usb

c. Remove the USB drive from the server.

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Configuring the Media | Distribute Installation on the Master Node

After you install or upgrade Media Distribute, you must edit several configuration and property files and restart services on the master cluster node before you can use Media Distribute.

Once you configure Media Distribute on the master and non-master nodes, you must perform a failover operation to restart the PostgreSQL service and validate the mpduser configuration. For more information, see

page 20

To configure PostgreSQL to allow remote hosts access to the Media Distribute database:

1. Using Linux commands, navigate to the directory containing the PostgreSQL database configuration file:

cd /mnt/drbd/postgres_data

2. Using the Linux text editor, vi, open the pg_hba.conf file for editing:

vi pg_hba.conf

3. Type G to go to the last line of the file, and then Type i (lower case “i”) to enter insert mode.

4. Add the following to the last line:

host mpd mpduser 0.0.0.0/0 trust

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5. Press the Escape key to return to command mode, then type

:wq

and press Return to write

and quit the text editor.

6. Navigate to the directory containing the Media Distribute database configuration file:

cd /etc/apache-servicemix

7. Using the Linux text editor, vi, open the avid-mpd-wrapper.conf file for editing:

vi avid-mpd-wrapper.conf

8. Locate the following line, and then navigate using the arrow keys and place the cursor on top of the # (comment indicator):

# set.default.DB_HOST=hostname or IP

9. Type i (lower case “i”) to enter insert mode, and then use the arrow keys and backspace to

erase the

10. Delete the virtual cluster IP address — for example,

11. Press the Escape key to return to command mode, then type

(comment indicator).

hostname or IP

value at the end of the line, and then replace it by typing the

set.default.DB_HOST=123.45.67.89

:wq

and press Return to write

and quit the text editor.

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To configure the User Management Service (UMS) properties file:

1. Using Linux commands, navigate to the directory containing the UMS properties file:

cd /usr/share/apache-servicemix/config

2. Using the Linux text editor, vi, open the application.properties file for editing:

vi application.properties

3. Navigate using the arrow keys to the next line:

com.avid.mpd.uls.host.retriever=application.properties

4. If the line is commented with a # character, type i (lower case “i”) to enter insert mode,

Place the cursor over the

character and type x to delete the character and uncomment the

line.

5. Navigate using the arrow keys to the line containing the parameter for

com.avid.osgi.uls.host

6. Type a valid UMS REST address.

The default value is

https://localhost:10443/ws/rest

. Use the virtual cluster IP

address as the host for this configuration file — for example, type

https://123.45.67.89:10443/ws/rest

7. Press the Escape key to return to command mode, then type

:wq

and press Return to write

and quit the text editor.

To modify the MCS configuration file:

1. Using Linux commands, navigate to the directory containing the MediaCentral configuration file:

/etc/apache-servicemix

2. Using the Linux text editor, vi, open the com.avid.acs.bus.broker.rabbitmq.RabbitMqBusAccessFactory.cfg file for editing:

vi com.avid.acs.bus.broker.rabbitmq.RabbitMqBusAccessFactory.cfg

3. Navigate using the arrow keys to the line containing the parameter for

4. Type

(lower case “i”) to enter insert mode, and then type a valid URL for the MediaCentral

brokerConnectURL

connection.

The default value is

amqp://localhost/acs

for this configuration file — for example,

5. Press the Escape key to return to command mode, then type

. Use the virtual cluster IP address as the host

amqp://123.45.67.89/acs

:wq

and press Return to write

and quit the text editor.

6. To restart the Media Distribute service, type the following command:

service avid-mpd clean-restart

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Configuring the Media | Distribute Installation on Non-Master Nodes

After you install or upgrade Media Distribute, you must edit several configuration and property files and restart services on all non-master nodes in your cluster before you can use Media Distribute. Since the edited configuration and property files are identical to the ones you edited on the master node, you can copy those files to the non-master nodes.

To copy the edited Media Distribute files from the master to the non-master nodes:

1. Log in to your non-master node server using the root account.

2. Open a Linux terminal window, and then type the following commands:

scp root@[hostname]:/etc/apache-servicemix/avid-mpd-wrapper.conf /etc/apache-servicemix/

scp root@[hostname]:/etc/apache-servicemix/ com.avid.acs.bus.broker.rabbitmq.RabbitMqBusAccessFactory.cfg /etc/apache-servicemix/

scp root@[hostname]:/usr/share/apache-servicemix/config/ application.properties /usr/share/apache-servicemix/config/

[hostname] is the host name of your master node.

The terminal window displays the following message:

The authenticity of host '[hostname (IP address)]' can't be established. RSA key fingerprint is [fingerprint alphanumerical id]. Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

3. Type

yes

The terminal window displays the following message:

Warning: Permanently added '[hostname, IP address]' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.

4. If prompted for a password, type the password for your root user account.

The edited files are copied to the non-master node.

5. To restart the Media Distribute service, type the following command:

service avid-mpd clean-restart

To verify the ServiceMix installation, do the following:

1. Type the following

ssh Administrator@localhost -p 8101

2. Type

yes

to continue connecting to the host, and then type the default password

avid

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3. Type

list

, and press Enter.

All account endpoints display as “Active” and the Social Media Integration route displays as “Started.”

4. To quit ServiceMix, type

logout

Restarting PostgreSQL Service and Verifying the Cluster Installation

Before you verify your Media Distribute installation on the master and non-master nodes, you need to perform a failover of the servers. This restarts the PostgreSQL service and validates the mpduser. It also tests your new installation and verifies that both Media Distribute and MediaCentral Platform Services are running properly.

To perform a failover and verify your installation:

1. Open a terminal window and log in to any non-master node in the cluster as root and check the cluster resource status by typing the following:

crm_mon -f

The status of all cluster-related services on all nodes displays in the terminal window. The Migration summary also displays at the bottom of the screen, which can be useful to view errors and fail counts per node.

2. On the master node, type the following, and then press Enter:

node]

crm node standby [master

3. Monitor the cluster information displayed on the slave node as it updates its information.

As the slave node becomes the master node, it takes ownership of the PostgreSQL database. This process takes several seconds to complete.

4. When the updated cluster is stable, type the following and press Enter:

[master node]

crm node online

The node on standby resumes the master node status.

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The Media Distribute software installation package file (Media_Distribute_[version]_Build_[xx]_Linux.tar.gz) is available to Avid Support representatives only and can be downloaded from the Avid Gold Build repository.

To prepare and mount a USB drive for Media Distribute installation:

1. On a Windows system, format a USB drive as a FAT32 volume.

2. Get the Media Distribute installation package file (Media_Distribute_[version]_Build_[xx]_Linux.tar.gz) from your Avid representative.

3. Copy the compressed installation file to the USB drive.

4. Remove the USB device from the Windows system.

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute on a Server

You can install or upgrade Media Distribute on a single server The installation includes creating a database for the Media Distribute service.

The procedure for upgrading Media Distribute is similar to the one you used initially to install Media Distribute. If you need to remove Media Distribute, see

on page 26

When you upgrade your version of Media Distribute, all system and user settings are saved. You do not need to create new settings, but if the newer version includes new features, you might need to modify your settings to activate the features. For a list of new features, see the ReadMe documentation that came with your version of MediaCentral UX. For information on setting up account profiles, see “Configuring System Accounts for Media | Distribute” on page 64.

The Media Distribute installation and configuration disconnects all users logged in to MediaCentral UX when it restarts some services. Ensure that all users save their sessions and log off during the installation or upgrade procedures.

To install or upgrade Media Distribute:

1. Insert the Media Distribute installation USB drive into the master node server.

2. Verify the name of the device by typing the following command:

Linux information relating to hardware appears on the screen.

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dmesg

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3. Create a mount point for the USB device by typing the following:

4. Mount the USB key at the mount point you just created:

mount -t vfat /dev/sdc<?> /media/usb

The name of the USB device (sdc, in this case) takes a 1 (one) in the mount command. This

simply indicates a partition exists on the USB device. Formatting the USB device in Windows created the partition.

The USB device is now mounted and available for use.

5. Verify the USB key has been mounted:

Information displays about all mounted file systems and devices, including information about the USB device, similar to the following:

File system Size Used Avail Use % Mounted on

/dev/sdc1 7.5 G 4.5 G 3.0 G 61 % /media/usb

6. Unpack the Media Distribute installation file by typing the following command:

tar -xzf /media/usb/Media_Distribute_[version]Build[xx]_Linux.tar.gz

The compressed file extracts to a subfolder within the target directory called Media_Distribute_[version]_Build_[xx]_Linux.

df -h

mkdir /media/usb

7. Navigate to the installation directory:

cd Media_Distribute_[version]_Build_[xx]_Linux

8. Run the installation script:

./install.sh

A default user in the PostgreSQL database is created with a user name of

password of also created.

9. Follow the prompts to install Media Distribute.

10. To verify the package has been installed, type the following:

rpm -qa | grep ‘mpd\|servicemix’

The output should include the following lines:

apache-servicemix.noarch 0:4.5.1-avid.el6.5 avid-mpd-[Version].[Build]-avid.el6.1.noarch.rpm avid-media-central-mpd-[Version].[Build]-avid.el6.1.noarch.rpm

resudpm

. The necessary database tables and schema in PostgreSQL database are

mpduser

and a

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11. Type the following to open the MediaCentral Configurator, and then ensure that the Media Distribute plug-in is enabled within the Configurator:

/opt/avid/avid-interplay-central/configurator

When you exit MediaCentral Configurator, you are asked to restart the MediaCentral services.

When you restart the services, all users currently logged on to MediaCentral UX are logged out.

12. To verify the ServiceMix installation, do the following:

a. Type the following

ssh Administrator@localhost -p 8101

b. Type

c. Type

yes

to continue connecting to the host, and then type the default password

list

, and press Enter.

If the ServiceMix installation is successful, all account endpoints display as “Active” and the Social Media Integration route displays as “Started.”

d. To quit ServiceMix, type

logout

13. To unmount the USB drive, do the following:

cd /

a. Type

to ensure you are not currently on the USB key by changing to the root

directory.

avid

b. Type the following:

rm -rf [target_directory] umount /media/usb

c. Remove the USB drive from the server.

Modifying Media | Distribute to Work with a Proxy Server

Media Distribute installations include an instance of ServiceMix that requires external connectivity to the Internet — for example, to post packages to Facebook or Twitter. Both Media Distribute and ServiceMix reside on the MediaCentral server connected to your internal network. This might create potential security issues for certain customers. For secure deployment considerations, you can configure Media Distribute to communicate with the Internet through a proxy server.

Using a proxy server — such as a Squid server or any other proxy server running on another machine in the network — allows you to restrict the ports that ServiceMix uses and the specific Internet sites with which it communicates. This solution involves configuration changes only and does not require changes to the existing Media Distribute installation process. After installing Media Distribute, you need to modify the Service Mix configuration file to include the proxy settings to ensure that all requests and responses go through the proxy server. When you restart Media Distribute services, any ServiceMix communication is forwarded to the proxy server.

When you have configured Media Distribute to use a proxy server, you must configure the proxy server with the following information:

• IP addresses of all ServiceMix instances, so that only data originating from Media Distribute are allowed to the proxy server

• Social media targets for the destination domains — for example, api.twitter.com

See the documentation that came with your proxy server installation for more information on how to configure it for proxy operation.

The following procedure describes how to modify the ServiceMix properties file. It assumes you have set up and configured a proxy server.

To modify the ServiceMix configuration file for using Media Distribute with a proxy server:

1. Navigate to the directory containing the Media Distribute database configuration file:

cd /etc/apache-servicemix

2. Using the Linux text editor, vi, open the avid-mpd-wrapper.conf file for editing:

vi avid-mpd-wrapper.conf

3. Locate the section called Proxy configuration, and then type i (lower case “i”) to enter insert mode.

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4. Locate the following lines, type i (lower case “i”) to enter insert mode, and then use the

arrow keys and backspace to erase the

(comment indicator) on all lines except those for

setting the proxy user name and proxy password (these are optional parameters):

#wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttp.proxySet=true #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttp.proxyHost=<the proxy host> #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttp.proxyPort=<the proxy port> #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttp.proxyUser=<the proxy username> #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttp.proxyPassword=<the proxy password> #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttps.proxySet=true #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttps.proxyHost=<the proxy host> #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttps.proxyPort=<the proxy port> #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttps.proxyUser=<the proxy username> #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttps.proxyPassword=<the proxy password>

5. Delete the numeral variable (.n) and number the lines for which you have removed the comment indicator.

6. Delete the <proxy host> or <proxy port> variable and then replace it by typing the IP address of your proxy server or by typing the port configured by your proxy server for both the HTTP and HTTPS settings.

Typically the proxy port is 3128.

The modified configuration should look like the following example:

wrapper.java.additional.1=-Dhttp.proxySet=true wrapper.java.additional.2=-Dhttp.proxyHost=12.345.67.89 wrapper.java.additional.3=-Dhttp.proxyPort=3128 #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttp.proxyUser=<the proxy username> #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttp.proxyPassword=<the proxy password> wrapper.java.additional.4=-Dhttps.proxySet=true wrapper.java.additional.5=-Dhttps.proxyHost=12.345.67.89 wrapper.java.additional.6=-Dhttps.proxyPort=3128 #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttps.proxyUser=<the proxy username> #wrapper.java.additional.n=-Dhttps.proxyPassword=<the proxy password>

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7. Press the Escape key to return to command mode, then type and quit the text editor.

8. To restart the MediaCentral service, type the following command:

service avid-mpd restart

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If you want to remove Media Distribute, you can use the procedure described in this section. If you need to reinstall Media Distribute, see

Cluster Environment” on page 10 Server” on page 21

To remove Media Distribute on the master node:

1. To check the correct version and build numbers for your installation, type the following:

rpm -qa | grep ‘mpd\|servicemix’

The output should include the following lines:

apache-servicemix.noarch 0:4.5.1-avid.el6.5 avid-mpd-[Version].[Build]-avid.el6.1.noarch.rpm avid-media-central-mpd-[Version].[Build]-avid.el6.1.noarch.rpm

2. Remove the Media Distribute by typing the following commands:

or “Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute on a Single

“Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute in a

:wq

and press Return to write

rpm -e avid-media-central-mpd-[Version].[Build]-avid.el6.1.noarch.rpm rpm -e avid-mpd-[Version].[Build]-avid.el6.1.noarch.rpm

You can copy the lines from the output in the previous step and paste them after the

command.

3. To restart the MediaCentral services, type the following commands:

crm resource restart AvidIPC service avid-interplay-central restart

When you remove Media Distribute, the Media Distribute Producer role remains in

MediaCentral UX.

rpm -e

2 Configuration for Media | Distribute

Before you use Avid Media Distribute to publish your content to multiple channels and devices, you need to configure MediaCentral | UX for each platform or service you want to use for publishing. This allows you to link your media packages and iNEWS stories with distribution to the Web and to social media outlets and helping you to automate file preparation and transcoding.

Before you configure your system accounts, you need to need to configure MediaCentral UX for Media Distribute. For more information, see the following topics:

“Assigning Media | Distribute Roles” on page 28

•

• “Configuring the Transcode Route” on page 35

You can then configure your system and user accounts for Media Distribute:

“Configuring System Accounts for Media | Distribute” on page 64

•

• “Configuring User Profiles for Media | Distribute” on page 116

Once you have configured your platforms and services, users can log in to MediaCentral UX and start working with the application. For more information on using MediaCentral UX, see the Avid MediaCentral UX User’s Guide.

Verifying Your Media | Distribute Installation

Before you start to configure Media Distribute, you can test your installation to verify that all Media Distribute components are functioning correctly.

To verify your Media Distribute installation:

1. Sign in to MediaCentral UX as an administrator.

2. Click the Layout selector and select Media Distribute.

If Media Distribute has installed correctly, the following panes display in the Media Distribute layout:

- Social Message

-Web Story

- Packages

Assigning Media | Distribute Roles

Media Distribute provides two basic roles for publishing to multiple platforms and managing the layouts and permissions associated with them. Before you assign roles, you need to set up an administrative account for Media Distribute. Once this administrative account appears in the System Settings, the necessary roles are available for Media Distribute.

If your MediaCentral configuration includes iNEWS, you need to assign an Advance License to the two Media Distribute roles before you assign these roles to users. For Interplay Production configurations, you can use the default Basic License type for these roles.

For more information about licenses and roles, see the Avid MediaCentral | UX Administration Guide.

When you have set up an administrative account and assigned the appropriate license type, you can then assign either the Advance Journalist or the Media Distribute Producer role to Media Distribute users. Only Media Distribute Producers have access to the review and approval features in the Packages pane.

You can assign roles in two ways:

• In the Role Details pane

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• In the User or Group Details pane.

If you are upgrading from Media Distribute v1.8 to v2.x, you need to add the Media Distribute layout to the Advance Journalist role and to modify the legacy Interplay Pulse Producer role.

To set up an administrative account for Media Distribute:

1. Sign in to MediaCentral UX as an administrator.

2. Select System Settings from the Layout selector.

The System Settings layout opens.

3. In the Settings pane select Media Distribute > Profiles.

The Settings pane displays the settings in that group.

4. Click the Publication Type menu and select IPC.

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5. Click the + (plus) button in the Details section.

6. Specify the required settings:

- Profile Name (type a descriptive name for your administrative profile)

- Administrative Username

- Administrative Password

7. Click Verify Profile Settings to validate the profile settings.

If your profile is valid, a message displays: “Profile configurations is valid.” If any settings are incorrect, a message displays and indicates which fields are incorrect. All invalid settings names change to red.

The setting, “Transform iNEWS stories to lower case,” applies only to Media Distribute

accounts that publish packages containing iNEWS stories. The option does not affect this setting.

8. Click Apply to save the profile.

The profile displays in the Details section with the new information.

If you are editing a profile, click Revert to return to the original settings. If you want to delete a profile, select the profile and click the minus (-) button in the Details section.

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To assign an Advance License to the Media Distribute roles in the Role Details pane (iNEWS configurations only):

1. Select Users from the Layout selector.

2. In the Roles pane, double-click either Advance Journalist or Media Distribute Producer to assign to a user or group.

Information about the role is displayed in the Details pane.

3. In the Details pane, select Advance License as the License Type for the following roles:

- Advance Journalist

- Media Distribute Producer

4. Click Apply to save your changes or click Revert to cancel your changes.

To assign a Media Distribute role to a user in the Role Details pane:

1. Select Users from the Layout selector.

2. In the Roles pane, double-click either Advance Journalist or Media Distribute Producer to assign to a user or group.

Information about the role is displayed in the Details pane.

3. Click the User Tree pane.

4. Select the user or group to which you which you want to assign the role and drag it to the Users and Groups by MediaCentral Zone section of the Details pane.

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Contents

Using This Guide

1 Installation for Media | Distribute

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute in a Cluster Environment

Identifying the Master and Non-Master Nodes

Identifying the Virtual Cluster IP

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute

Configuring the Media | Distribute Installation on the Master Node

Configuring the Media | Distribute Installation on Non-Master Nodes

Restarting PostgreSQL Service and Verifying the Cluster Installation

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute on a Single Server

Installing and Upgrading Media | Distribute on a Server

Modifying Media | Distribute to Work with a Proxy Server

Removing Media | Distribute

2 Configuration for Media | Distribute

Verifying Your Media | Distribute Installation

Assigning Media | Distribute Roles