Rules for Akamai CDNs

Read this table if you are setting up redundant manifests with an Akamai CDN. If your downstream system is not an Akamai CDN, see Rules for most downstream systems.

Field	Rule
Protocol/domain/path portion of the two destination URIs (A and B)	Can be different from each other, or can be the same.
BaseFilename portion of the two destination URIs (A and B)	Can be different from each other, or can be the same. It cannot use variable identifiers that include the date or time. The combination of the protocol/domain/path and the baseFilename must be unique in A and B. This rule ensures that the output files from the two pipelines don’t overwrite each other.
Name modifier	There is only one instance of this field. Both pipelines use the same value. It cannot use variable identifiers that include the date or time.
Segment modifier	There is only one instance of this field. Both pipelines use the same value. It can use variable identifiers that include the date or time.
Base URL Manifest A and Base URL Manifest B	These fields apply only if you are also implementing custom manifest paths. Typically, with Akamai CDNs, you do implement custom manifest paths. Complete both fields.
Base URL Content A and Base URL Content B	These fields apply only if you are also implementing custom manifest paths. Complete both fields.