Geo-blocking through Wowza Video allows you to selectively allow or block access to Wowza CDN on Fastly stream targets to control where a stream can be viewed. You can use geo-blocking to specify which countries or regions are allowed or which countries or regions are blocked. You can also allow streaming at specified IP addresses even if they're within a blocked location.
To geo-block a live stream you've already created:
- Go to Live streams in the navigation.
- Select a live stream.
- Click the Security tab.
- Under Playback Security, check the Allow or block access to this stream based on location checkbox.
- Click either Block, then select countries/regions from the dropdown, or, click Allow, then select countries/regions from the dropdown. Your selections display in the Countries field.
- Click Save Changes.
To geo-block by IP address:
- Go to Live streams in the navigation.
- Select a live stream.
- Click the Security tab.
- Under Playback Security, check the Allow or Block Access To This Stream Based On IP Address checkbox.
- Click either Block, then enter the IP addresses, line by line, in the field, or, click Allow, then enter the IP addresses, line by line, in the field.
- Click Save Changes.