A device may receive information associated with a reliable multicast service, that permits retransmission of multicast datagrams to be provided. The device may receive information associated with a plurality of network devices associated with providing the reliable multicast service. The device may configure the plurality of network devices to provide the reliable multicast service and may monitor the plurality of network devices. The device may detect an event associated with the reliable multicast service and may provide an instruction, to one or more network devices of the plurality of network devices, to modify the reliable multicast service based on detecting the event.