manual

Obtain and configure the content delivery network

A cache is a data copy. An example: a server serves an image; a cache server copies the image. A content delivery network (cdn) is a set of cache servers; they then serve the cached data. In the instruction, BunnyCDN caches images to reduce load time and requests to the server.

Required inputs

• domain email address
• server

Instruction set

• Create the BunnyCDN account using the domain email address.
  • Verify the domain email address to BunnyCDN.
• Set billing information.
  • Set name.
  • Set billing email to the domain email address.
  • Set billing address to the debit card address.
• Recharge (fund) the account.
  • Set the amount.
  • Enter debit card.
  • Pay the amount.
• Create the pull zone.
  • Set pull zone name to the domain.
  • Set origin to the protocol and root domain (e.g. https://domain.org).
  • Set tier to standard tier.
  • Select applicable zones.
  • Add the pull zone.
• Set images to BunnyCDN addresses.
  • Open a shell.
  • Change to the private tinyshop repository server directory: tinyshop/server.
  • Open offering.csv in a text editor.
    • Replace classification_cover_image values with corresponding BunnyCDN addresses. For example, replace /assets/offer.png with https://domain.b-cdn.net/assets/offer.png replacing domain with the pull zone name.
    • Replace classification_images values with corresponding BunnyCDN addresses. For example, replace /assets/offer.png;/assets/offer2.png with https://domain.b-cdn.net/assets/offer.png;https://domain.b-cdn.net/assets/offer2.png replacing domain with the pull zone name.
  • Execute git add . to add the files to the staging area.
  • Execute git commit -m "Implemented BunnyCDN offer images." to commit the files to the repository.
  • Execute git push origin master to push the commit to the GitHub private tinyshop repository.
• Pull the GitHub private tinyshop repository to the server.
  • Open a secure shell on the server.
  • Change to the tinyshop directory.
  • Execute git pull origin master to pull the GitHub private tinyshop repository to the server.
• Activate the virtual environment.
• Execute python administrate.py. In this instance, the BunnyCDN image addresses are added to the database.