Configuration preset considerations

There are important considerations that you should know before you start using configuration presets, including:

• Access to presets and privacy considerations

• Recording and streaming states

• Recorded files in a channel

• Orphaned Kaltura resource registrations and duplicate resources

• Channel and recorder index number behavior on Pearl Nexus

• Deleting channels and recorders

• and more

Access to presets and privacy considerations

• Recorded files are not removed when you apply a configuration preset. Any user with access to Pearl Nexus has access to all the saved recordings, custom channel layout, etc that are associated with an applied configuration preset.

• Configuration presets can be overwritten and deleted without a password. Users who are logged in to the Admin panel can remove or change an existing configuration preset.

• Applying a configuration preset does not clear the settings from groups that aren't a part of the preset, which means user information is not private.

• Media and recorded files can be deleted, affecting more than just the currently applied configuration preset. Users can erase uploaded media or recordings that belong to other users.

Channel and recorder index number behavior (Pearl Nexus)

Each channel and recorder has an index number. The first channel created on a system is channel 1, subsequently channel 2, 3, 4, etc. Recorders are also created starting at index 1 with numbers incrementing as new recorders are created. The channel (or recorder) index number is found to the left of the channel or recorder name in the Admin panel:

Configuration presets that contain the **channels **configuration group specify the channels in the preset by their index number. This means if you have channels 1, 2, 3 and 4 when you save your preset, applying that preset will overwrite the configuration of your current channels with indexes 1, 2, 3 and 4. If prior to applying that preset you also had channels with indexes 5 and 6, the configuration settings for those two channels are erased when the preset is applied (because the preset only has 4 channels).

There are three areas where channel (and recorder) index numbers affect what happens when applying configuration presets.