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Dedicated Server Networking: LACP Bonding and Link Redundancy

Bonded uplinks to paired switches, configured automatically when the OS is installed: how the redundant path behind your dedicated server works, what the ext…

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FAQ

Fetch Content from Your Origin with a Different Host Header

Your origin selects content by the Host header of each request. When it expects a different hostname than your CDN resource serves, one proxy_set_header…

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CDN Custom Headers: Types, Limits and Common Uses

Custom header types, limits and common uses in one place: the two header types (request to origin, response to visitor), the per-location limits, and…

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How CDN Billing Works: Traffic Allowances and Prepaid Pockets

CDN usage is metered and settled at month-end. This guide explains which money your CDN spends first, then sets up a Prepaid Pocket: funds…

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TUTORIAL

Add Your First CDN Resource

Create your first CDN resource in one short wizard: hostname, protocol, SSL certificate and origin, then see exactly what to do after creation.

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TUTORIAL

Point Your Domain at the CDN

Your CDN resource only serves traffic once your hostname points at it. Copy the CNAME target from the resource settings, add one record at…

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TUTORIAL

Add SSL Certificates to Your CDN

Pick the certificate that protects your CDN hostname: a free Let's Encrypt certificate, the self-signed fallback, or your own certificate uploaded on the SSL…

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GUIDE

Choosing a Protocol for Your CDN: HTTP, HTTPS, Both, or HTTP to HTTPS

HTTP, HTTPS, Both or HTTP→HTTPS: four buttons, one decision. Here is which protocol to set on a CDN resource, when each exception applies, and…

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TUTORIAL

Purge a URL or Your Entire CDN Cache

Clear one file, a whole folder, or every cached object on a hostname: from the Clear cache dialog in the panel, or with one…

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TUTORIAL

Set Your CDN Source Server (Origin)

The Source Server (Origin) field tells the CDN where to fetch anything it has not cached: a scheme, a host and a port. This…

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TUTORIAL

Add Multiple Origins and Failover to Your CDN

One origin server is a single point of failure. The upstream editor on the Origins tab pools several origin servers behind one resource, with…

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TUTORIAL

Route and Configure a Specific URL Path on Your CDN

Locations are the CDN's path-based routing rules: one prefix, one rule. Add a location for a path like /images/, point it at an upstream,…

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TUTORIAL

Find a CDN Resource

Locate any resource in your CDN package: filter the Resources table by hostname, switch between the Active and Deleted views, and jump straight to…

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TUTORIAL

Enable or Disable a CDN Resource

Pause CDN delivery without deleting anything. One toggle on the resource settings page stops the resource, which then answers with a 503, and the…

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TUTORIAL

Delete a CDN Resource

Deleting a CDN resource stops delivery immediately, frees a slot in your package and cannot be undone. Here is what to check before you…

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GUIDE

CDN Quick Start: From Zero to Serving Traffic in 5 Minutes

Create a CDN resource, add one CNAME record, let the free certificate issue, and verify traffic serves from the edge: five minutes of hands-on…

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Understanding the Building Blocks of Your CDN Product

Every building block of your CDN product, defined in one place: resources, origins, upstreams, locations, cache, SSL, protocols and zones, with the screen where…

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TUTORIAL

Monitor CDN Traffic and Cache Performance

Every CDN resource has a Statistics view: pick a date preset or a custom range and read the Traffic, Requests and HIT % counters…

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TUTORIAL

Restrict Access to Your CDN by IP, User Agent or Country

The Access Control and Rate Limiting sections of the advanced settings hold four independent editors: ACL IP, ACL User Agent, ACL GEO and Rate…

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TUTORIAL

Manage Response Headers and CORS on Your CDN

Custom headers live on locations: each path-based routing rule can carry up to 20 of them. The Add a header dialog takes a type…

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TUTORIAL

Protect Content with Secure Links

Secure Link makes a location require a signed token in every URL: visitors without a valid token get a 403. The panel side is…

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TUTORIAL

Analyze and Export CDN Traffic by Country

Each CDN resource breaks its traffic down by country: a treemap of traffic shares, a filterable Top countries table with zones and hit rates,…

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GUIDE

How to Minimize Downtime When Your Website Is Down

Your origin will fail someday. Cache Use Stale keeps the CDN answering with the cached copies it already holds when the origin is unreachable…

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GUIDE

How to Block LLMs from Crawling Your Website

AI crawlers announce themselves in the User-Agent header, and the CDN's ACL User Agent editor turns them away by name: one keyword per line,…

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