In order to migrate from another CDN to BlazingCDN, you have to register on BlazingCDN and create a CDN zone.
Registration in BlazingCDN
1. Use the link https://client.blazingcdn.com from your web browser to land on the sign up page.
2. Here, use the First Name, Last Name, Email and Password fields to set the credentials for registering on the platform.
3. Once the credentials are entered, click the Continue with email button. After this, you will need to confirm your email address.
4. After this, you will proceed to the second stage of registration where you need to choose the type of account, either an Individual or a Company account, after which enter the name of the project and your country. After entering all the data, click Create Account.
5. After creating an account, you will be taken to the Account settings page, where you can enter your Tax ID, go to the Account Contacts tab, and enter the following information: Address and your additional social media contacts (for company).
6. You can also add additional users to your account with the following roles: Account Manager, Billing Manager, Technical Manager. To do this, open the Users tab and click New User.
Create CDN with your Origin link
1. To create a CDN zone, follow the link https://client.blazingcdn.com from your web browser.
2. In the left menu, click on Anycast CDN, and if there are no CDN resources in your account yet, you will be taken to the page for creating the first CDN resource.
3. You will need to enter a name for the CDN resource, and select an origin, in this case, External Origin is already selected by default, and you need to enter a link to your origin. After that please click the button Continue.
BlazingCDN offers flexibility in terms of specifying your origin:
– Domains: Just like the example above, you can use a simple domain name like yourdomain.com.
– IP Addresses: If you want to specify a particular IP address where your content is hosted, you can use that as your origin.
– Ports: If your content is accessible on a specific port, you can include that in your origin setup as well.
4. After this, you will be directed to select an individual pricing plan. If you have a lot of traffic and want to get a personalized price, you can request a discount through the panel, by contacting support, or by getting in touch with our sales team.
5. Next, you will be directed to the CDN resource settings page, to start working with the zone, you need to wait for the zone status to become Active.
Create CDN with BlazingCDN Storage
1. In the left menu, navigate to Anycast CDN.
2. In the top horizontal menu, select CDN Resources, and you will be taken to the page for creating a new CDN resource.
3. Enter a name for the CDN resource.
4. Next, select Cloud Storage as the origin. If you don’t have any created Cloud Storages in BlazingCDN, click Create new bucket.
5. When creating a new bucket, enter a name for the bucket and select one of the S3 or Swift protocols.
6. Then click on the Create new bucket button.
7. After creating a new bucket, click the CONTINUE button.
8. Select a pricing plan for this CDN Resource and click on the CREATE CDN RESOURCE button.
9. After creating the resource, you will be directed to the settings page. To view the status of the zone, click on the CDN RESOURCES button.
10. A newly created CDN resource has the status ‘Creating’. The creation of the resource takes 10-15 minutes.
11. As soon as the resource is ready to work, the status will change to “Active”.
Test your new CDN zone
BlazingCDN Portal > Anycast CDN > CDN RESOURCES List
1. Follow the workflow mentioned above to land on the CDN Resources List.
2. Navigate to the STATE column.
3. If the created CDN zone is working properly, Active is displayed in this column. Important: Creating a СDN zone takes up to 5-10 minutes.
4. Furthermore, you can also test the created CDN zone to ensure that the configurations are working properly. Let us take a look at how that is done.