Basic CDN Functions

After you have enabled CDN for your domain name, you can configure specific functions on the console or by calling APIs based on your needs.

This section describes the GUI, functions, and operations on the CDN console.

CDN Console

The following figure shows the CDN console.

No.

Description

1

Navigation pane: displays all functions you can configure.

2

Resource usage: displays the usage of CDN resources.

3

Top 5 Domain Names: displays the top 5 domain names with the highest usage.

4

Billing option: displays the current billing option.

5

Account resources: displays the number of enabled and all domain names.

6

Recommendations: displays information about other related HUAWEI CLOUD products.

7

Price Calculator and Quick Links: displays entries to feedback, CDN price details, and documentations.

Console Function Overview

HUAWEI CLOUD CDN provides diverse functions that you may use to manage your CDN resources. See the following table for more details.

If You Want To

Reference

Manage domain names.

Enabling/Disabling a Domain Name, Removing a Domain Name, or Copying Domain Configurations

Handle domain names that go offline due to violations.

Reviewing a Domain Name or Service Termination Policy

Modify domain name details.

Modifying Origin Server Details, Changing the Service Area, or Configuring IPv6

Modify origin settings.

Retrieval Host, Range-based Retrieval, Redirect Retrieval, OBS Private Bucket Retrieval, Retrieval Request Headers, Rewriting Retrieval Request URLs, or Retrieval Timeout Interval

Configure HTTPS secure acceleration.

HTTPS Certificates, OCSP Stapling, Force Redirect, HTTP/2, or TLS Versions

Configure CDN cache rules to reduce the retrieval ratio.

Cache Settings, URL Parameter Filtering, Origin Cache Control, Smart Compression, or Status Code Cache Age

Identify and filter visitors.

Configuring Referer Validation, Configuring an ACL, Configuring URL Authentication, or Configuring a User-Agent Blacklist or Whitelist

Configure advanced domain name settings.

HTTP Header Settings or Custom Error Pages

Enable CDN nodes to obtain the most current content from the origin server.

Cache Refreshing or Cache Preheating

Query and monitor CDN usage statistics on the console.

Statistical Analysis

Quickly identify and locate problems by analyzing logs.

Log Management and Auditing

Verify whether an IP address belongs to a HUAWEI CLOUD CDN node.

Checking Node IP Addresses

Configure CDN and OBS together.

Accelerating File Downloads from OBS

Create an enterprise project.

Creating and Authorizing a CDN Enterprise Project