Connect a camera by RTMPS push

Add a push camera, copy its server, stream name, and stream key into the camera, encoder, or recorder, and rotate the key when you need to.

Last reviewed October 21, 2026 Print view kalytera-cloud rtmps rtmp push stream-key encoder cameras

Contents

Before you start
Add the camera
Enter the values in the device
Show the publisher values again
Rotate the stream key
If the camera does not connect

With RTMPS push, a camera, encoder, or recorder sends its video to Kalytera Cloud. The site needs only outbound connections, and each camera has its own stream key. Keep the portal and the device's settings page open side by side while you work.

Before you start

The device must be able to publish RTMP. RTMPS, the encrypted form, is the default.
The site's firewall must allow outbound connections to the host and port in the server value the portal shows you.
Plain, unencrypted RTMP is the exception, for devices that cannot do RTMPS. Ask Kalytera before you use it.

Treat a stream key like a password. Anyone who has it can publish video as that camera. Never put it in email, tickets, chat, or screenshots.

Add the camera

Open Cameras and select Add camera.
Choose the Site, select RTMP as the Connection type, and enter a Name.
Choose the Recording mode under Initial recording, and select Add camera.

The next page shows the values for the Main stream publisher:

Value	Looks like
RTMP/RTMPS server	`rtmps://<ingest-host>:<port>/live`
Stream name or publish path	`<publish-code>`
Keyless publisher endpoint	The server and stream name together, without the key
Main stream key	`<stream-key>`

Copy the exact values from your portal; the placeholders above are not real addresses. A Secondary stream publisher with its own key is shown too. It is optional: it gives analytics its own stream and serves as a recording fallback, but it does not create a second recording.

The page can be refreshed for up to 15 minutes. Select I have copied the credentials when you are done; after that, the key cannot be shown again.

Enter the values in the device

Devices ask for these values in one of three ways:

The device has	Enter
Separate server, stream name (or path), and key fields	The three matching values from the portal.
One address field that accepts a query string	The keyless publisher endpoint, then `?key=` followed by the key.
One address field without query support	The keyless publisher endpoint, then `/` followed by the key.

Save the setting on the device. When the stream arrives, the camera shows Streaming under Cameras, and live video starts in Monitor.

Show the publisher values again

Open the camera's Connection tab and expand Advanced publisher setup. Show main endpoint shows the server and stream name again. The key stays hidden: it is shown only when it is created or rotated.

Rotate the stream key

Rotate the key if someone else may have seen it, or when you replace the device.

In Advanced publisher setup, select Rotate main key, then Rotate.
Copy the new key from Ingest credentials. It cannot be shown again.
Enter the new key in the device.

The old key stops working at once, so the device stays offline until it has the new key. Rotate secondary key does the same for the secondary stream.

If the camera does not connect

Check that the server, stream name, and key were copied without extra spaces.
Check that the device uses RTMPS, and that the site's firewall allows the outbound connection.
If the key may be wrong, rotate it and enter the new one.