# Configuring Live Packaging services ## Creating a new Live Packaging service To create a new Live Packaging service, follow these steps: 1. Access the MK.IO Beam user interface and click **Services** in the left panel. 2. Click the **Add service** button, then select **Live Packaging**. 3. You can configure the [parameters](https://docs.mediakind.com/beam/packager/parameters/live). ## 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](https://docs.mediakind.com/beam/packager/catalog#adding-an-output-to-a-catalog)). - A Live Packaging service that: - contains at least one source and a publishing point ([DVR](https://docs.mediakind.com/beam/packager/parameters/live#dvr)). - is linked to an existing Catalog. **To start a Live packaging service, follow these steps:** 1. Access the MK.IO Beam user interface then click **Services** in the left panel. 2. Assign the service to a server. (Remember: A server must be assigned to Start the service.) 3. 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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: 1. Go to the **Actions** column. 2. 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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. 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Click the '%3e%3cpath%20fill-rule='evenodd'%20clip-rule='evenodd'%20d='M12.3499%203.28844H5.69993C5.17526%203.28844%204.74993%203.71377%204.74993%204.23844V11.8384C4.74993%2012.3631%205.17526%2012.7884%205.69993%2012.7884H12.3499C12.8746%2012.7884%2013.2999%2012.3631%2013.2999%2011.8384V4.23844C13.2999%203.71377%2012.8746%203.28844%2012.3499%203.28844ZM5.69993%202.33844C4.65059%202.33844%203.79993%203.1891%203.79993%204.23844V11.8384C3.79993%2012.8878%204.65059%2013.7384%205.69993%2013.7384H12.3499C13.3993%2013.7384%2014.2499%2012.8878%2014.2499%2011.8384V4.23844C14.2499%203.1891%2013.3993%202.33844%2012.3499%202.33844H5.69993Z'%20fill='%23878787'%20fill-opacity='0.9'/%3e%3c/g%3e%3cdefs%3e%3cclipPath%20id='clip0_597_349'%3e%3crect%20width='19'%20height='17.5385'%20fill='white'/%3e%3c/clipPath%3e%3c/defs%3e%3c/svg%3e) 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.