Subscribing to content provided by another AWS account - AWS Elemental MediaConnect

Subscribing to content provided by another AWS account

When another AWS account (originator account) grants an entitlement to your AWS account (subscriber account), you can create a flow that uses the originator's content as your source. To subscribe to content provided by another AWS account, you create a flow based on the entitlement granted to you. You must set up your flow in the same AWS Region as the originator's flow.

You can use an entitlement only once.

Note

MediaConnect suppresses null packets in an effort to optimize the data connection between the content originator's flow and the subscriber's flow. This can result in a fluctuating bitrate on the subscriber's flow, or a difference between the bitrate of the content originator's flow and the subscriber’s flow. We recommend that you monitor source health as a combination of SourceBitRate and other metrics such as SourceContinuityCounter and SourceNotRecoveredPackets.

Prerequisites

Before you can create your flow, you must do the following:

  • Obtain the following information from the content originator:

    • The entitlement ARN

    • The AWS Region that the originator created the flow in

    • The encryption key and algorithm if the originator set up encryption on the entitlement

  • If the entitlement is encrypted using static key encryption, store the encryption key in AWS Secrets Manager before you begin this procedure. (If the content is encrypted using SPEKE, you don't need to do anything to configure encryption.)

To create a flow based on an entitlement (console)

  1. Open the MediaConnect console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/mediaconnect/.

  2. Verify that you are logged in to the same AWS Region that the originator's flow is in.

  3. On the Flows page, choose Create flow.

  4. In the Details section, for Name, specify a name for your flow.

  5. For Availability Zone, choose an Availability Zone for your flow. This does not need to match the Availability Zone of the originator's flow.

  6. In the Source section, for Source type, choose Entitled source.

  7. For Entitlement ARN, choose the appropriate entitlement. This list includes all entitlements that have been granted to you.

    Tip

    You can click in this field and start typing the entitlement name. AWS Elemental MediaConnect will filter the list to include only entitlements with a name that matches what you type.

    Note

    The percentage of the entitlement data transfer fee that you are responsible for is listed next to each entitlement. This value is set by the content originator.

  8. If the originator set up encryption on the entitlement, choose Enable in the Decryption section and do the following:

    1. For Decryption type, choose Static key.

    2. For Role ARN, specify the ARN of the role that you created when you set up encryption.

    3. For Secret ARN, specify the ARN that AWS Secrets Manager assigned when you created the secret to store the encryption key.

    4. For Decryption algorithm, choose the type of encryption that the originator provided.

  9. At the bottom of the page, choose Create flow.

    Note

    The flow does not start automatically. You must start the flow manually.

  10. Add outputs to specify where you want AWS Elemental MediaConnect to send the content, or grant entitlements to allow users of other AWS accounts to subscribe to your content.