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Eight Steps to Begin Using Cloud Files and CDN

  • Article ID: 2194
  • Last updated on September 20, 2012
  • Authored by: Tom Hopkins

Eight Steps to begin using Cloud Files and CDN

  1. Sign-up for Cloud Files at https://www.rackspacecloud.com/signup
  2. Log in to the Control Panel
  3. Navigate to Hosting->Cloud Files section
  4. Generate a API access key when prompted to do so.
  5. Return to Cloud Files in the control panel. Create a new Container using the Add Container menu button.
  6. Upload files to the container from local computer by clicking on the File Upload button.
  7. Click on the Container and check the Publish to CDN in the CDN & Metadata pane.
  8. Use the CDN URL shown in the CDN & Metadata pane to view the resource file served over Akamai's CDN! e.g. http://c00000.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/test.img


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