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Using Huawei Cloud CDN

Scenario

If you use Huawei Cloud content delivery network (CDN) for a website whose domain name is resolved to a server deployed in the Chinese mainland, you must comply with the ICP filing requirements below.

You can see how CDN works to accelerate content delivery in Figure 1.

1. The enterprise configures an acceleration domain name www.picture.example.com to accelerate image processing.

2. A user uses the website domain name www.example.com to access the enterprise's website.

3. CDN identifies the CDN node with the fastest response (CDN node 1), and caches the images there via www.picture.example.com.

If you want to use CDN to accelerate content delivery in the Chinese mainland for www.picture.example.com, you must obtain an ICP number from the MIIT.

Figure 1 Website acceleration by Huawei Cloud CDN

ICP Filing for Domain Names

Table 1 describes the ICP filing information of website domain names and acceleration domain names.

Table 1 ICP filing for website domain names and acceleration domain names

Domain Name

Scenario

Example

ICP Filing

Website domain name

Used to access websites after being resolved to a server deployed in the Chinese mainland.

www.example.com

Required.

Obtain an ICP number from the MIIT.

Acceleration domain name

After an acceleration domain name is configured for CDN, the origin server resources will be cached to the CDN node with the fastest response to accelerate content delivery.

www.test.com

To accelerate content delivery:

  • In the Chinese mainland or global regions: required.
  • Outside the Chinese mainland: not required.

Whether or not an ICP filing is required for an acceleration domain name is determined by the CDN service area, not by the domain name provider or the area where the website server is located. If the service area for an acceleration domain name includes the Chinese mainland, an ICP number must be obtained from the MIIT to connect the domain name to CDN.

www.***.example.com

Not required.

You do not need to apply for an ICP filing for an acceleration domain name of sub-domain name, because the top-level domain name www.example.com has been recorded by the MIIT. You should use the acceleration domain name as the sub-domain name of the website domain name.

Adding Huawei Cloud as a Service Provider for Domain Names

For websites that use Huawei Cloud CDN for content delivery acceleration, if the origin server is:
  • Hosted on Huawei Cloud

    If a top-level domain name is hosted on Huawei Cloud, then you must apply for an ICP filing for the top-level domain name in the Huawei Cloud (Chinese mainland) ICP filing system.

  • Not hosted on Huawei Cloud

    If neither the top-level domain name nor its sub-domain name is resolved to a server deployed on Huawei Cloud, you do not need to add Huawei Cloud as a new service provider through Huawei Cloud (Chinese mainland) ICP filing system.

    If the sub-domain name is resolved to a server deployed on Huawei Cloud, you shall add Huawei Cloud as a new service provider through Huawei Cloud (Chinese mainland) ICP filing system.

Parent topic: Scenarios