You must activate Alibaba Cloud CDN before you use it for the first time. This topic describes how to activate Alibaba Cloud CDN.

Prerequisites

An Alibaba Cloud account is created. To create an Alibaba Cloud account, go to the Sign up to Alibaba Cloud page.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Alibaba Cloud CDN console.
  2. Click Activate Now.
  3. By default, Billing Method is Pay-By-Data-Transfer, and Quantity is 1. Select Alibaba Cloud CDN Terms of Service.
    For more information about the pricing of Alibaba Cloud CDN, see CDN Pricing. Activate Alibaba Cloud CDN
  4. Click Activate Now.
    After Alibaba Cloud CDN is activated, you can click Console on the Alibaba Cloud CDN page to log on to the CDN console.

What to do next

After Alibaba Cloud CDN is activated, you can add domain names to Alibaba Cloud CDN. For more information, see Add a domain name.

Related API operations

OpenCdnService: activates Alibaba Cloud CDN.