How to Create Large Object & VOD CDN Resource?
Large CDN Resource is the type of resource you should use to serve your large content such as video, music, zip, exe files.
Note: Following file extensions are not allowed in a Large CDN Resource. The service will return a 403 error when calling these type of files.
gif | jpg | jpeg | png | bmp | swf | psd | tif | tiff | txt | html | jsp | js | css | ico | aspx | php | woff | ttf | eot | otf | htm | xml | pdf | psb | ashx | swz | cur | svg | jpr | webp
You can access the Medianova cloud panel by logging in with your username and password at cloud.medianova.com.
Click on the “CDN > Create CDN Resource” option on the menu on the left of the panel screen that will open after logging in.
On the next screen, select Large & VOD Streaming CDN Resource from the “Start building your CDN” field. The VOD option can be used to transcode video content (mp4 files..) to streaming protocols.
Make a selection between Large or VOD CDN Resource options according to your needs. Fill in the requested information for the selected CDN Resource.
4.1 When Large Content Caching is selected;
CDN Resource Name: It is the name of the CDN Resource to be created. The name specified here will be used in the CDN URL. (example.mncdn.com)
Source of Your Files (when My Origin is selected):
My Origin: Select this option if your CDN Resource will use Origin Pull method.
Origin URL: In this field, the origin URL from which the content will be extracted is specified. (http(s)://www.example.com).
CDN Resource Label: In this field, a label describing your CDN Resource is entered.
Source of Your Files (when CDN Storage is selected):
CDN Storage: Select this option to host your content on Medianova servers and serve it to the end user with the Origin Push method.
FTP Password: It is the password you will set for the FTP user to be created to upload your content.
FTP Password Confirmation: Enter the FTP password again.
CDN Resource Label: In this field, a label describing your CDN Resource is entered.
4.2 When VOD Content Caching is selected;
CDN Resource Name: It is the name of the CDN Resource to be created. The name specified here will be used in the CDN URL. (example.mncdn.com)
Source of Your Files (when My Origin is selected):
My Origin: Select this option if your CDN Resource will use Origin Pull method.
Origin URL: In this field, the origin URL from which the content will be extracted is specified. (http(s)://www.example.com).
CDN Resource Label: In this field, a label describing your CDN Resource is entered.
Source of Your Files (when CDN Storage is selected):
CDN Storage: Select this option to host your content on Medianova servers and serve it to the end user with the Origin Push method.
Medianova VOD Packaging: When enabled, this option allows packaging to be done on Medianova servers. It can be activated according to your needs.
FTP Password: It is the password you will set for the FTP user to be created to upload your content.
FTP Password Confirmation: Enter the FTP password again.
CDN Resource Label: In this field, a label describing your CDN Resource is entered.
When all the information is filled in properly, a Large or VOD Streaming CDN Resource is created by clicking the “Create CDN Resource” button. It will take a few minutes for it to be active on all edge servers. (When the ping example.mncdn.com command is run, getting a response from an IP address means the CDN Resource is active).