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Telestream Vantage Integration with Backblaze B2 Live Read
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    Telestream Vantage Integration with Backblaze B2 Live Read

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      Telestream Vantage supports Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage for Live Read as part of a Workflow.

      At this time, Telestream provides Live Read support only for Windows.

      Click here for more information about Backblaze B2 Live Read.

      Enable Backblaze B2

      Before you begin: You must have a Backblaze B2 Cloud Storage account. If you already have a Backblaze account and the left navigation menu contains a B2 Cloud Storage section, your account is already enabled for Backblaze B2.

      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the user menu in the upper-right corner of the page, select My Settings.
      3. Under Enabled Products, select the checkbox to enable B2 Cloud Storage.
      4. Review the Terms and Conditions, and click OK to accept them. 

      Create a Bucket

      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Buckets.
      3. Click Create a Bucket.
      4. Enter a name for your bucket. Bucket names must be at least six characters and globally unique.
        A message is displayed if your bucket name is already in use.
      5. Select a privacy setting: Private or Public.
        Note
        You can change a bucket's privacy settings at any time.
        Files that are in a private bucket require authentication to perform an action, for example, downloading.
        Public buckets do not require authentication so you can easily access files. If this is your first time creating a public bucket, complete the following tasks to ensure that you have the correct permissions to create a public bucket:

        1. Verify your email address.
        2. Have a payment history on file, or use the credit card form to pay a small fee that is credited to your account balance.
      6. If applicable, enable a Backblaze B2 server-side encryption key.
      7. Enable Object Lock to restrict a file from being modified or deleted for a specified period of time.
      8. Click Create a Bucket, and copy the value that is in the Endpoint field; you may need this value later.
      9. Click Lifecycle Settings to control how long to keep the files in your new bucket.

      Create an Application Key

      1. Sign in to the Backblaze web console.
      2. In the left navigation menu under B2 Cloud Storage, click Application Keys.
      3. Click Add a New Application Key, and enter an app key name.
        You cannot search an app key by this name; therefore, app key names are not required to be globally unique. Key names are limited to 100 characters and can contain letters, numbers, and "-", but not I18N characters, such as é, à, and ü.
      4. Select All or select a specific bucket in the Allow Access to Bucket(s) menu.
      5. Optionally, select your access type (Read and Write, Read Only, or Write Only).
      6. Optionally, select Allow List All Bucket Names.
        This option is required for the B2 Native API b2_list_buckets and the S3-Compatible API S3 List Buckets operations.
      7. Optionally, enter a file name prefix to restrict application key access only to files with that prefix.
        Depending on what you selected in step #4, this limits application key access to files with the specified prefix for all buckets or just the selected bucket.
      8. Optionally, enter a positive integer to limit the time, in seconds, before the application key expires.
        The value must be less than 1000 days (in seconds).
      9. Click Create New Key, and note the resulting keyID and applicationKey values.
      Note
      When you create a new app key, the response contains the actual key string, for example N2Zug0evLcHDlh_L0Z0AJhiGGdY. You can always find the keyID on this page, but for security, the applicationKey appears only once. Make sure you copy and securely save this value elsewhere.

      Add Backblaze B2 to the Vantage Address Book

      Before you begin: You must download and install the Vantage Management Console. Then, open the console.

      1. In the left menu under Storage, click Vantage Folder Address Book.
      2. Click Add Folder(s), enter a name and location, and click OK.
      3. In the Folder Location Editor, select Generic S3 File System and click Next.
      4. Enter your Backblaze B2 environment variables.
        1. In the Server field, enter the endpoint that you copied when you created your bucket.
        2. In the Access Key field, enter your keyID.
        3. In the Secret Key field, enter your applicationKey.
        4. Optionally, enter the path to a specific folder in your bucket.
        5. Select the checkbox to enable the Use Live Read for upload to Backblaze option.
      5. Click Next.
      6. Optionally, select a specific folder on that server.
      7. Click Finish.

      Your new address entry is displayed with a description and a location. The location begins with the prefix gs3 (generic S3).

      Create a Workflow

      Before you begin: You must download and install the Vantage Workflow Designer. Then, open the designer.

      1. Create a new category.
        1. Select the File menu, and select Create New Category.
        2. Enter a category name.
        3. Click OK.
      2. Create a new workflow.
        1. Select the File menu, and select Create New Workflow.
        2. Enter the name of the new workflow.
        3. Click OK.
      3. Configure the Copy workflow.
        1. In the Transport toolbar, drag the Copy option into your workflow.
        2. Right-click Copy, and select Inspect/Configure.
        3. In the Vantage Store/Folder field, select the folder that you added to the Vantage Address Book and click Save.
        4. Right-click Copy, and select Workflow Mode.
        5. Select Open.
      4. Use the various drag-and-drop options to design the rest of your workflow. For more information about these options, view the Vantage Documentation.
      5. Click Activate.
      6. Select the Monitor Status tab, and verify that your workflow is in process.
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