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Order a CDN

Here you'll learn how to order a Content Delivery Network (CDN). Your CDN can be ordered either from the Customer Portal External link icon or the Bluemix Portal.

From the Control Portal:

  1. To begin, log on to the Customer Portal External link icon using your unique credentials.

  2. From the navigation bar at the top of the display, select Network -> CDN.

    Network menu options

  3. On the Content Delivery Networks page, select the Order CDN button in the top right corner.

    Select order CDN

From the Bluemix Portal:

  1. Log on the Bluemix Portal

  2. Click on IBM Bluemix Catalog. From the left-hand navigation bar, select Network.

    Bluemix CDN Navigation

  3. Click on the CDN Tile, which takes you to the Vendor Selection screen.

    Bluemix CDN Icon

  4. From the Select a CDN Provider screen, choose among the CDN provider options. Click the Selected button at the bottom of the screen to confirm your selected options, then click Start Provision, to start the provisioning process.

    Select CDN provider

  5. Fill out the Configure Name field:

    • Specify the hostname (required), which serves as the primary identifier for your CDN (for example, example.testingcdn.net).
    • Optionally, you may provide a custom CNAME (such as myfirstcdn.cdnedge.bluemix.net). If no CNAME is provided, one will be created for you.

    Configure Name

Note: Use of an inappropriate CNAME may lead to termination of services.

  1. Fill out the Configure Your Origin field: To configure this field, you must select either the Server or the Object Storage option. (Specifying the Path is optional. )

  • The Server Option: If you select the Server option, enter the hostname or IP address of the Origin Server from which data should be cached.

    • You must specify the Origin Server Address (hostname or IPv4 address of the Origin Server) if you select this option.
    • You may also provide an HTTP port, an HTTPS port, or both. These fields indicate which protocol and port number can be used to contact the Origin Server. For non-default port numbers, please refer to the FAQ for a list of allowed port numbers.

    Configure origin server

  • The Object Storage Option: If you select the Object Storage option, you must provide the following information:

    • the Endpoint from which to fetch the Object,
    • the name of the Bucket in which your content is stored, and
    • the HTTPS port.
    • You also may specify the file extensions, separated by commas, that can be used in the CDN service.(If no file name extensions are specified, all file extensions are allowed.)
    • You must set the Access Control List (ACL) for each Object in your Bucket to "public-read".

    Configure object storage

  1. Configure the Other Options field: This section contains configuration options for the Serve Stale Content field and the Respect Headers field.

    • The Serve Stale Content field: Serve Stale Content is a Boolean value that indicates whether to serve cached content that has expired, in case the origin server cannot be reached. Because of a current limitation, Serve Stale Content functionality is enabled by default, regardless of whether a user sets it to On or Off.

    • The Respect Headers field: When the Respect Headers option is On, the TTL settings defined in header by the Origin will override the default CDN TTL. Respect Headers is set to On by default, but you must configure this field.

      Other options

  2. Select the Create button in the bottom right corner to create your CDN.