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# Configuring Live Packaging services

## Creating a new Live Packaging service

To create a new Live Packaging service, follow these steps:

* Access the MK.IO Beam user interface and click Services in the left panel.

* Click the Add service button, then select Live Packaging.

* You can configure the parameters.

## Starting a Live Packaging service

**To start a Live Packaging service, you need to have previously configured**:

* A Catalog that contains at least one output (Adding an output to a Catalog).

* A Live Packaging service that:

contains at least one source and a publishing point (DVR).

* is linked to an existing Catalog.

**To start a Live packaging service, follow these steps:**

* Access the MK.IO Beam user interface then click Services in the left panel.

* Assign the service to a server. (Remember: A server must be assigned to Start the service.)

* Click the  button in the Actions column to start the related service.

The service status turns from **stopped** to **started**. The service starts publishing the DVR as configured.

## Stopping a Live Packaging service

In a solution deployment with  servers, any Live Packaging service associated to a Live Encoding service must be stopped and started again after a modification of the Live Encoding configuration. The associated DVR must also be deleted.

To stop a Live Packaging service, follow these steps:

* Go to the Actions column.

* Click the  button to stop the related service.

The service status turns from **started** to **stopped**. The service stops publishing the DVR.

The origin server will return 404 errors 60 seconds after the DVR is stopped.

## Deleting a Live Packaging service and managing DVR

Depending on the context, deleting a Live Packaging service by clicking  in the **Actions** column has different behaviors and results.

A Live Packaging service with the  (started) status cannot be deleted. Click the  button to stop the service.

### The Live Packaging service has no server assigned

* The service configuration is deleted and removed from the service list. It cannot be recovered after deletion.

* The DVR generated by the service remains on the storage point.