Systems and methods for media processing and streaming are provided. A method includes sending, by a Network-Based Media Processing (NBMP) source, a request to establish a Framework for Live Uplink Streaming (FLUS) session between a FLUS source and a FLUS sink; receiving, by the NBMP source, an address of an NBMP workflow manager from the FLUS source after the FLUS session is established; and sending, by the NBMP source to the NBMP workflow manager via a path, of the address, that does not include the FLUS source and the FLUS sink, a request to create or update a workflow for processing media content.