This topic describes the acceleration regions for a domain name accelerated by Alibaba Cloud CDN. You can change the region.
Regions
Region | Description |
Chinese Mainland Only | All requests are scheduled to edge nodes that are deployed in the Chinese Mainland. Requests from outside the Chinese mainland are scheduled to edge points of presence (POPs) managed by China Telecom (East China Division). The accelerated domain name must have a valid Internet Content Provider (ICP) number. For more information, see Limits. |
Global | All requests are scheduled to the nearest edge POPs. The accelerated domain name must have a valid ICP number. For more information, see Limits. |
Global (Excluding the Chinese Mainland) | All requests are scheduled to edge POPs that are deployed in Hong Kong (China), Macao (China), Taiwan (China), or other regions or countries outside the Chinese mainland. Requests from the Chinese Mainland are scheduled to edge POPs that are deployed in Japan, Singapore, or Hong Kong (China). The accelerated domain name is not required to have an ICP number. Note Clients will not be able to access POPs in the Chinese mainland. Before switching the acceleration region, ensure that no traffic comes from the Chinese mainland and clear the local DNS cache after the switch. |
Change your region
Log on to the Alibaba Cloud CDN console.
In the left-side navigation pane, click Domain Names.
On the Domain Names page, find the domain name that you want to manage and click Manage in the Actions column.
In the Basic Information section, click Modify.
In the Region dialog box, select an acceleration region.
Click OK.