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coderCurtis
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August 7, 2013
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How can I secure my AMS server?

  • August 7, 2013
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I have an Adobe Media Server up an running.

However, anyone who knows the URL can simply go in and watch one of the videos I have stored there.

How can I make it so that only certain people can view my content?

I realize this is a broad and vague question, but I don't know where to start, so feel free to recommend terms that I should be Googling up.

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coderCurtisAuthor
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August 7, 2013

Or is it, perhaps, not the AMS server that I need to secure, but the Apache server?

Petro_O__Bochan
Petro_O__Bochan
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August 8, 2013

Hello Curtis, check out this link - http://www.adobe.com/devnet/adobe-media-server/articles/hardening_guide.html, this will get you started. Apart from that, try not mixing DocumentRoot & HttpStreamingContentPath nodes: inside your C:\Adobe Media Server 5\Apache2.2\conf\httpd.conf file, look for HttpStreamingContentPath directive – I bet it is equal to "../webroot/vod" at least under parent “” node – which is publicly accessible. To secure you media content from public access and make it streamable only through media player, change HttpStreamingContentPath directive to whatever path outside the webroot under these parent directives - .

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coderCurtisAuthor
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August 8, 2013

Thank you.

Inside my httpd.conf file, I see multiple HttpStreamingContentPaths and one DocumentRoot.

The DocumentRoot is "../webroot"

And the ContentPaths are either "../webroot/vod" or "../applications"

Which ContentPath should I change? Also, I don't understand what you mean by "change ContentPath directive th whatevr path outside the webroot under these parent directives"

My videos are currently stored under "../applications/[application]", if that helps

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