This topic describes how to get started with Alibaba Cloud CDN.
More details about Alibaba Cloud CDN
Purchase guide
- Alibaba Cloud CDN is billed for basic services (required) and value-added services (optional). Choose a metering method based on your business requirements. For more information, see Billing overview.
- Alibaba Cloud CDN provides cost-effective resource plans. For more information, see Guidelines for choosing resource plans.
Quick start
The following figure and video tutorial show how to get started with Alibaba Cloud CDN.
Determine the accelerated region
| Visitor location | Acceleration performance | Accelerated region |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese mainland | All requests are scheduled to edge nodes that are deployed in the Chinese mainland. Requests from outside the Chinese mainland are scheduled to edge nodes managed by China Telecom (East China Division). | Mainland China only |
| Regions outside the Chinese mainland | All requests are scheduled to edge nodes that are deployed outside the Chinese mainland. Requests from the Chinese mainland are scheduled to edge nodes that are deployed in Japan, Singapore, or Hong Kong (China). | Global (Excluding Mainland China) |
| Global | All requests are scheduled to the nearest edge nodes. | Global |
Advanced features and best practices
For more information, see Console Guide and Best Practices.
Feedback and suggestions
If you have questions or suggestions about Alibaba Cloud CDN, you can report them through the following methods. Alibaba Cloud customer service will follow up on your feedback.
- If you find errors in the documentation, including link errors, content errors, and API errors, you can click the Feedback icon on the right side of the page to report the errors.
- If you have questions about Alibaba Cloud CDN, submit a ticket.