Rewrite URL parameters in back-to-origin requests

Alibaba Cloud Content Delivery Network (CDN) allows you to rewrite URL parameters in requests before they are redirected to origin servers. This topic describes how to rewrite URL parameters in back-to-origin requests.

1. Log on to the Alibaba Cloud CDN console.
2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Domain Names.
3. On the Domain Names page, find the domain name that you want to manage and click Manage in the Actions column of the domain name.
4. In the left-side management pane of the domain name that you want to manage, click Back-to-origin.
5. Click the Parameter Rewrite tab.
6. Turn on Rewrite Parameters.
   
7. In the Rewrite Parameters dialog box, set the required parameters.

   You can configure different types of rewrite rule or specify multiple parameters in a rewrite rule based on your business requirements. For more information, see Procedure.

   
8. Click OK to apply the rewrite rule.

   To modify a rewrite rule, find the rule on the Parameter Rewrite tab, and click Modify in the Actions column.

   

   When you create a parameter rewrite rule, take note of the following rules:

   • The following rewrite rules take effect in descending order of priority: the Add rule, the Delete rule, the Reserve Only rule, and the Modify rule.
   • The Ignore Parameters feature and the Reserve Only rule are mutually exclusive. To prevent errors, do not configure them for the same domain name.
   • If you turn on Ignore Parameters and do not set the Reserve Only rule, all parameters that are included in the original request URLs will be ignored. However, the Add rule and the Delete rule still take effect because they have higher priorities.
   • If you enter parameters in the Reserve Only field and turn off Ignore Parameters, only the specified parameters are retained in the original request URLs. However, the Add rule and the Delete rule still take effect because they have higher priorities.

   Note

   The parameter rewrite feature may have the following conflicts with other features:

   • The parameter rewrite feature is used to rewrite parameters in request URLs. This feature may conflict with Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) rewrite rules whose flag is set to enhance_break. If you configure both features, make sure that the features do not conflict with each other.
   • The parameter rewrite feature is used to rewrite parameters in request URLs. This feature may conflict with the settings of the Retain Parameters or Ignore Parameters parameter. To retain or ignore parameters, choose Domain Names > Optimization in the left-side navigation pane of the Alibaba Cloud CDN console. If you configure these three features for the same domain name, make sure that the features do not conflict with each other.
   • The parameter rewrite feature takes effect on CDN nodes that communicate with origin servers. This feature does not affect the internal services of Alibaba Cloud CDN or rewrite the cache keys. The settings of Retain Parameters or Ignore Parameters take effect on the CDN nodes. These settings affect the internal services of Alibaba Cloud CDN and rewrite cache keys.