Test a Dynamic CDN Resource

Learn how to verify that your Dynamic CDN Resource is working correctly before updating your DNS records.

After configuring your Dynamic CDN Resource, verify that requests are served through the Medianova CDN before directing production traffic to the resource.

This procedure temporarily modifies your local hosts file for testing purposes. Public DNS records are not affected.

1

Retrieve the CDN IP address

Open a command prompt or terminal.

Run the following command using your Dynamic CDN Resource hostname.

ping <CDN_HOSTNAME>.mncdn.com

→ Record the returned IP address.

2

Configure your local hosts file

Open the local hosts file with administrator privileges.

Add a new entry that maps your domain to the CDN IP address.

Example:

203.0.113.10    www.example.com

Replace the IP address and domain with your own values.

Save the file.

3

Verify CDN delivery

Clear your browser cache.

Open your website using its normal domain.

Open the browser's Developer Tools and navigate to Network.

Select the HTML document and review the Response Headers.

Verify that the response contains:

Server: MNCDN

→ This confirms that the HTML response is being served through the Dynamic CDN Resource.

Next step

After verifying that the Dynamic CDN Resource is serving requests correctly, create a CNAME record that points your domain to the CDN hostname.