Enable CMS and register with Opencast

Use the Admin panel to register Pearl Mini as an Opencast Capture Agent (CA) for scheduled, recurring, and ad hoc recordings. When you register Pearl Mini, a default name is assigned that includes the serial number of Pearl Mini. This name appears in the list of capture agents in Opencast. You can change the CA name using the Admin panel.

Before you begin, you need:

  • Your Opencast service URL, for example: https://stable.opencast.org//
  • Opencast user name and password for your capture agent

Important considerations

  • The Opencast user name of type either opencast or system may be used by Pearl to register with Opencast.
  • If Pearl is going to use an Opencast user name that was created using the Opencast Admin UI, then this user name must have the following minimum Opencast roles: ROLE_API_EVENTS_CREATE, ROLE_API_EVENTS_EDIT, ROLE_API_WORKFLOW_DEFINITION_VIEW, ROLE_API_EVENTS_SCHEDULING_EDIT, ROLE_CAPTURE_AGENT
  • If Pearl is going to be used to create ad hoc or unscheduled events and opencast user name of type opencast was used by Pearl, make sure that this user has the opencast ROLE_ADMIN.

Enable Pearl Mini as a capture agent and register with Opencast using the Admin panel

  1. Login to the Admin panel as admin, see Connect to the Admin panel.
  2. From the Configuration menu, click CMS. The Content management system configuration page opens.
  3. From the Choose CMS drop down, select Opencast and then click Apply.
  4. Enter the Opencast Service URL, username and password.
  5. Optionally enter a Device name you want to appear in Opencast for this device, then click Apply at the bottom of the page. The Status updates to Connected.

What's next?

Proceed to select which Pearl channels will be advertised to Opencast server and settings for ad hoc events, and select default settings. See Opencast recording and streaming setup.