Azure Media Service CDN :: Geo Filter

Question

Can someone please explain to me how you Geo-filter VOD and Live streaming via the Standard Verizon CDN? I know where your configure it via portal, but what path should be used? should it be the full path to the asset?

Is there any documentation?

Answer 1

I assume Geo IP restrictions is possible in AMS?

Answer 2

Hi @James Lodge ,

To access the geo-filtering feature, select your CDN endpoint within the portal, then select Geo-filtering under SETTINGS in the left-hand menu.

"From the PATH box, specify the relative path to the location to which users will be allowed or denied access.

You can apply geo-filtering for all your files with a forward slash (/) or select specific folders by specifying directory paths (for example, /pictures/). You can also apply geo-filtering to a single file (for example /pictures/city.png). Multiple rules are allowed; after you enter a rule, a blank row appears for you to enter the next rule."

For example, all of the following directory path filters are valid:
/
/Photos/
/Photos/Strasbourg/
/Photos/Strasbourg/city.png

For Azure CDN Premium from Verizon profiles, the user interface for creating a geo-filtering rule is different:

From the top menu in your Azure CDN profile, select Manage.

From the Verizon portal, select HTTP Large, then select Country Filtering.

Select Add Country Filter.

Step One: page appears.

Enter the directory path, select Block or Add, then select Next.

Step Two: page appears.

Select one or more countries/regions from the list, then select Finish to activate the rule.

The new rule appears in the table on the Country Filtering page.

Please see this documentation for more information: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/media-services/latest/filters-concept

Hope that helps.

Thanks,
Grace

Answer 3

Hi @Grmacjon-MSFT

Apologies, yes thats great thank you. I guess I would just question or request an example of filtering at the endpoint for a VOD published URL. What path do you use?