# Cloudflare Stream

Cloudflare Stream is a live streaming and on-demand video platform, which can ingest, encode, record, and play videos from one unified product.

For further information, please visit <https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/products/cloudflare-stream/>

Before getting started, navigate to **Appearance > Install Plugins** page and activate **WP Cloudflare Stream** plugin.

1. [Configure API Key](#api)
2. [Secure your stream](#secure-stream)
3. [Configure Upload and Webhook](#webhooks)
4. [Configure Live Stream](#configure-live)
5. [Simulcast](#simulcast)
6. [Receive Live WebHooks](#capabilities)
7. [Capabilities](#capabilities)
8. [Video Help Guides](#videos)

#### Configure API Key <a href="#api" id="api"></a>

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Navigate to **Settings > WP Cloudflare Stream > API Credentials** tab, enter your **Cloudflare Account ID,** **Cloudflare Account API Token** keys and **Cloudflare Customer Subdomain**.

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#### Secure your stream <a href="#secure-stream" id="secure-stream"></a>

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Since version 1.1, securing streams using signed URLs is supported.

To enable the feature, navigate to **Settings > WP Cloudflare Stream > API Credentials** tab and enable the "**Secure videos with signed URLs**" option.

If you've added videos before enabling this feature, you will need to navigate to **Settings > WP Cloudflare Stream > Misc** tab and click the "**Bulk Update**" button to apply the new settings to all previously uploaded videos.

#### Configure Upload and Webhook <a href="#webhooks" id="webhooks"></a>

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Navigate to **Upload** tab, click **Install Webhook** button

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#### Configure Live Stream <a href="#configure-live" id="configure-live"></a>

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Navigate to Live Stream tab, from there, you can enable Live Stream, set Custom Ingest Domain and other options as desired

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**Simulcast**

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Since version 1.1, you have the capability to broadcast your live stream to third-party platforms such as Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and others. Simulcast to up to 50 concurrent destinations from each live input is supported.

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#### **Receive Live WebHooks** <a href="#receive-webhooks" id="receive-webhooks"></a>

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Refer to "Subscribe to Stream Live Webhooks" for further instruction <https://developers.cloudflare.com/stream/stream-live/webhooks/>

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#### Capabilities <a href="#capabilities" id="capabilities"></a>

Members must have the appropriate capabilities to create live streams.

To assign permissions:

1. Navigate to your Frontend **Dashboard > Settings > Capabilities.**
2. Select "**Cloudflare Stream**".
3. Choose a specific user role to grant permissions to, or "All" to retrieve all roles.
4. Check the necessary capability checkboxes.

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* **cloudflare\_create\_live** – Allows members to create only one live stream.
* **cloudflare\_create\_lives** – Allows members to create multiple live streams.

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Other capabilities are intended for moderators (admins) and should be granted with caution.
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For additional capabilities, please refer to [Content Capabilities](/streamtube/content-capabilities.md)
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#### Video Help Guides <a href="#videos" id="videos"></a>

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