Getting started with video hosting in Yandex Cloud Video
Note
The service is at the Preview stage.
To turn Cloud Video on, request access from the home page
To upload a video to a service channel:
- Prepare your cloud.
- Create a channel.
- Upload your video.
- Publish your video.
- Check if the video is available.
Prepare your cloud
- Go to the management console
and log in to Yandex Cloud or create an account if you do not have one yet. - On the Yandex Cloud Billing
page, make sure you have a billing account linked and it has theACTIVE
orTRIAL_ACTIVE
status. If you do not have a billing account yet, create one. - Open the Cloud Video home page
. - Select the organization to work with Cloud Video in or create a new one.
Create a channel
- Open the Cloud Video home page
. - Click
Create a channel. - On the channel creation page, enter:
- Name.
- (Optional) Description.
- Click Create.
Upload your video
-
In the
Video tab, click Upload video. -
Click Select file on the upload page and choose the video to upload.
The following video formats are supported: MP4
, AVI , MKV , FLV , and MOV . -
Name your video. The title will be displayed on all the resources hosting the video.
-
In the Thumbnail field, click
Select file and choose a cover image.The following cover formats are supported: JPG
, PNG , and GIF . -
Click Save.
Publish your video
In the video settings window that opens:
-
Wait until the video is completely uploaded, processed, and gets the
Ready
status. -
Enable Grant access.
The
Public access
parameter will change toPublished
.
Check if the video is available
- On the video settings page, select the
link
tab under Past code. - Click
Copy. - Open a new browser page and paste the obtained URL to the address bar.
- Click the Play button.