Akamai Configuration

I have done my first akamai CDN implimentation  for  CQ5 publish in my project.   I have listed the prerequisites and the configuration I have implimented.


DNS Setup

DNS Domain has to be configured to set-up with Akamai and for the domain to work its need to be registered and mapped to below name servers. This will allow Domain configurations to work

Following URL is configured for Akamai testing:

http://XXX-performance-testing.utils-XXX.com:4503/


Note: There is another workaround i.e. to register a temp domain via http://dnsdynamic.org
We can register a doming e.g. XXX-performance-testing.dnsdynamic.com and map it to IP: XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

Akamai Configuration


Akamai is configured in the following fashion for optimal performance



ORIGIN SERVER CONFIGURATION

DIGITAL PROPERTIES CONFIGURATION SUMMARY

Default Configuration

(All Digital Properties) Origin: origin-nexus-performance-testing.utils-XXX.com

CP Code: Site Accelarator2 (125924)

Forward HOST header: Digital Property

Cache Key: Origin Server (origin-nexus-performance-testing.utils-XXX.com)

Compression: Yes



CACHE KEY: IGNORE CASE

OPTION VALUE

Ignore case in the cache key: Enabled



LAST MILE ACCELERATION

OPTION VALUE

Apply to content with Content-type: text/html*, application/x-javascript*, text/css*, image/png image/jpeg image/gif

Disable for Old Browsers: Yes



HTTP POST

OPTION VALUE

HTTP POST Requests: Enabled

Allow POST Without Content Length: Disabled



ORIGIN DNS OPTIMIZATION

OPTION VALUE

DNS Refresh: Enabled

DNS Refresh Timeout: 2 hours



TIME TO LIVE RULES

# MATCH CRITERIA ACTION

Default Rule TTL: 1 day

Default Error Response Rule 10 seconds

Default Cache Redirect Response Rule Cache Redirect Responses

1 Host: nexus-performance-testing.utils-XXX.com

File Extension: aif aiff au avi bin bmp cab carb cct cdf class css

dcr doc dtd exe flv gcf gff gif grv hdml hqx ico ini

jpeg jpg js mov mp3 nc pct pdf png ppc pws swa swf

txt vbs w32 wav wbmp wml wmlc wmls wmlsc xsd zip

TTL: 1 day



REPORTING

OPTION VALUE

HTTP Headers to Include in Logs: User-Agent

Cookie Values: - None -



SUREROUTE / TIERED DISTRIBUTION OPTIONS

OPTION VALUE

Tiered Distribution: Enabled

Tiered Distribution Map Name: ch2.akamai.net

SureRoute: On

SureRoute Test Object URI: /akamai/sureroute-test-object.html

Race Statistic TTL: 86400 seconds

Force Test Race Protocol to HTTPS: No



SITE ACCELERATOR

OPTION VALUE

Site Accelerator Enabled



GENERATE REDIRECT RULES

# MATCH CRITERIA GENERATE REDIRECT

1 Path: /index.html (Ignore Case On)

Redirect Name: Redirect_geometrixx

Redirect Option: Relative - Change URI

Response Code: 301 - Permanent Redirect

URL: /content/geometrixx/en.html



BROWSER CACHE CONTROL HEADERS

# MATCH CRITERIA CACHE CONTROL HEADERS

Default Rule Pass through the origin's Cache-Control

headers to the browser.

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