How to Connect to a VOD Zone

This article will serve as a walkthrough to connect to a VOD Zone and upload files from the MaxCDN portal.

To upload files to a VOD Zone, please follow these steps:

Upload Instructions

1. Use FTP port 21 or SFTP port 22 from any upload program.
2. For new video uploads, it can take up to 1 hour for your video to be viewable from all locations.
3. HOSTNAME = ftp.ZONENAME.ALIAS.netdna-cdn.com
   USERNAME = ZONENAME.ALIAS
4. VOD Zone files can be directly downloaded or streamed through RTMP, RTMPT or RTSP.

RTMP (Over port 1935) or RTMPT Setup (Over port 80).
URL = url: 'vod/ZONENAME.ALIAS/filename' netConnectionUrl: 'rtmp://r.ZONENAME.ALIAS.netdna-cdn.com/play'

RTSP Setup.
URL = url: 'rtsp://d.ZONENAME.ALIAS.netdna-cdn.com/play/_definst_/vod/ZONENAME.ALIAS/filename'

iPhone Streaming.
http://d.ZONENAME.ALIAS.netdna-cdn.com/play/_definst_/vod/ZONENAME.ALIAS/filename/playlist.m3u8

PSEUDO Streaming.
clip: { url: 'http://p.ZONENAME.ALIAS.netdna-cdn.com/vod/ZONENAME.ALIAS/filename', provider: 'lighttpd' }

For RTMP(T,TE) and iPhone streaming if filename = an mp4 variant then add "mp4:" before "vod" in path name.

Custom Upload Scripts

Python - using pysftp

1. Install pysftp:
   

   $ sudo pip install pysftp

2. Create upload script:
   

   # Example local file to upload
                   remote_file = 'test.txt'
                   srv = pysftp.Connection(host="ftp.ZONE.ALIAS.netdna-cdn.com", username="ZONE.ALIAS",
                   password="your_ftp_password")
                   srv.put(remote_file)
                   srv.close()
                   

Ruby - using net-sftp

1. Install net-sftp:
   

   $ sudo gem install net-sftp

2. Create upload script:
   

   require 'net/sftp'
                     Net::SFTP.start('ftp.ZONE.ALIAS.netdna-cdn.com', 'ZONE.ALIAS', :password => 'your_ftp_password') do |sftp|
                       sftp.upload!("test.txt", "/test.txt")
                   end
                   

PHP - using sudo libssh2-php

1. Install libssh2-php:
   

   $ sudo apt-get install libssh2-php

2. Create upload script:
   

   <?php
                   $server = 'ftp.ZONE.ALIAS.netdna-cdn.com';
                   $port = '22';
                   $username = 'ZONE.ALIAS';
                   $passwd = 'your_ftp_password';
                   $connection = ssh2_connect($server, $port);
                   if (ssh2_auth_password($connection, $username, $passwd)) {
                   $sftp = ssh2_sftp($connection);
                   echo "Connection status: OK. Uploading file!"."n";
                   $file = 'test.txt';
                   $contents = file_get_contents($file);
                   file_put_contents("ssh2.sftp://{$sftp}/{$file}", $contents);
                   } else {
                   echo "Nope! Can not connect to server!"."n";
                   }
                   ?>

As always, If you have any questions or concerns about any of the topics mentioned in this article, please feel free to reach out to support - we are available 24/7 by chat or email.