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Creating a Stream Target in Wowza Streaming Engine to Push to DaCast

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This article will show you have to configure an RTMP Stream Target for the DaCast video platform (hosted on Limelight Networks). 

Example endpoint details provided by DaCast: 
URL : rtmp://00ababab-0000-00a0-00a0-00000000cc.dacastmmd.pri.lldns.net/dacastmmd
Username : un123456
Password : pwd1234567890
Stream name or Key : a12abcd34e567890123d4ef5g67890h_4500

Configuration within Wowza Streaming Engine Manager

You must choose the Limelight stream target so that Wowza Streaming Engine sends the details in the format required by Limelight.
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Now, fill out the fields like the example below. 

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Manual Configuration within the pushpublishmap.txt file: 

{YOUR SOURCE STREAM NAME}={"entryName":"DaCast via LLNW", "profile":"rtmp-limelight", "password":"pwd1234567890", "application":"dacastmmd", "destinationName":"limelight", "host":"00ababab-0000-00a0-00a0-00000000cc.dacastmmd.pri.lldns.net", "userName":"un123456", "streamName":"a12abcd34e567890123d4ef5g67890h_4500", "enabled":"false"}