ZEN Master Entities and Basic Workflow

The configuration of ZEN Master for basic live distribution involves the following steps:

1. Resources Configuration – the following resources are configured in ZEN Master:
   • Configuration of Zixi Feeder – a Zixi Feeder is added and the connection between the Feeder and ZEN Master is configured.
   • Configuration of Broadcaster Cluster - a Broadcaster Cluster is added and the connection between the Broadcaster and ZEN Master is configured.
   • Configuration of Zixi Receiver - a Zixi Receiver is added and the connection between the Zixi Receiver and ZEN Master is configured.
2. ZEN Master Entities Configuration – ZEN Master manages the following entities across the distribution flow:
   • Configuration of Sources – Sources are the input streams, which are managed in ZEN Master. A Source can originate from a Zixi Feeder, a Zixi Broadcaster or an external Source, such as external encoder, or an external Zixi Feeder that has not been configured in the ZEN Master system. In our case, we will configure a Source from a Zixi Feeder that has been added to ZEN Master.
   • Configuration of Channels – Channels are a combination of one or more Sources that are processed by the assigned Broadcaster cluster (e.g. transcoding, creation of an adaptive channel, etc.) or passed-through to a Target. In our case, we will configure the Channel as a Pass-Through Channel.
   • Configuration of Targets – A Target defines the destination of a Channel (e.g. to a S3 bucket, to a Zixi Receiver, to another Zixi Broadcaster). In our case, we will configure a Pull Target, which will be pulled by Zixi Receiver.