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Introduction

Overview, first steps and essential concepts.

Getting Started

Welcome to the Stellar Stream documentation.

Stellar Stream is the control plane for managing, orchestrating, and monitoring streaming infrastructure that runs on your own servers. It is built around reliability, scalability, and operational simplicity, and is developed by Stellar Synergy Labs.

Stellar Stream is currently in pre-release. The platform is not yet publicly available. This documentation describes the intended behavior of the system as it approaches launch, and some details may change before release.

This documentation is written for the operators, engineers, and integrators who will deploy and run Stellar Stream in production. It covers how the platform is structured, how it is installed, and how it is expected to be used.

How It Works

Stellar Stream uses a hybrid model.

The control plane — the management interface you log into — is hosted by Stellar Synergy Labs at console.stellarsynergylabs.com.

Everything else runs on infrastructure you own and control: your servers, your streams, your content, and your data. Stellar Synergy Labs never hosts, transmits, or stores media content. The platform provides the tools to manage your streaming stack — it does not sit in the path of your media.

Get a License

Every Stellar Stream deployment is controlled by a license.

A license defines:

  • The product edition (Minimal or Professional)
  • The number of nodes it covers
  • Optional add-ons, such as GPU transcoding

Licenses are managed centrally and applied to your infrastructure during installation. Once the platform launches, licenses will be issued and managed through the Stellar Stream console.

Install the Agent

Each of your servers runs the Stellar Stream agent. The agent is responsible for:

  • Managing streaming processes
  • Applying configuration and orchestration
  • Reporting health and metrics back to the control plane

Installation is designed to be reproducible and non-intrusive. A single command installs the agent and securely registers the server as a node on your account.

The agent does not replace your operating system, hardware, or network configuration. It runs alongside your existing environment and takes control only of the streaming stack it manages.

Add a Stream

Once a node is registered, you can add streams from the console at console.stellarsynergylabs.com.

Each stream can be configured with:

  • An input source
  • One or more output profiles
  • A processing mode (copy, CPU transcoding, or GPU transcoding where enabled)
  • Its own health checks and monitoring thresholds

Live metrics and status become available as soon as a stream is brought online.

Security & Reliability

Stellar Stream is built on the assumption that streaming infrastructure must stay available under pressure and resist disruption.

The platform includes:

  • Stream isolation
  • Controlled access to management interfaces
  • Continuous health monitoring and alerting
  • Fail-safe behavior when a node or stream becomes unavailable

Additional hardening and operational safeguards will be documented as they are finalized ahead of launch.

Acceptable Use & Media Responsibility

Stellar Stream is a software control plane only. Stellar Synergy Labs does not provide, host, distribute, or bundle media content of any kind. All media sources, streams, and content processed through the platform are supplied, managed, and owned entirely by the operator.

Operators are solely responsible for:

  • The origin and legality of all media sources
  • Compliance with copyright, broadcasting, and licensing law
  • Holding the rights necessary to ingest, process, and distribute any content
  • Using the platform in accordance with applicable local and international regulations

Stellar Synergy Labs does not monitor, curate, or validate user-supplied content.

The full terms governing use of the platform are set out in the Stellar Synergy Labs legal center. This section is a plain-language summary and does not replace those terms.

This documentation will continue to evolve as Stellar Stream moves toward public availability. Sections describing pre-release behavior may change before launch.