The global resource plan extends your CDN acceleration by combining Alibaba Cloud points of presence (POPs) with global partner POPs. When you enable this plan, your domain name gains access to more POP resources, broader coverage in regions outside the Chinese mainland, and a better access experience for your end users.
After you enable the global resource plan, you cannot directly disable it. To disable this feature, you must delete the domain name and then add it back to Alibaba Cloud CDN. Make sure you understand the feature availability and constraints described on this page before you proceed.
Before you begin
This feature is available only for domain names whose acceleration region is set to Global (Excluding the Chinese Mainland).
POST requests are not supported after you enable the global resource plan.
After you enable the global resource plan, only some features are supported. Review the supported features and unavailable features sections before you proceed.
Network coverage
The global resource plan covers more than 200 POPs worldwide across 7 billable regions.
| Billable region | Node distribution |
|---|---|
| North America | United States, Canada, Mexico |
| South America | Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Peru |
| Europe | United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, France, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Poland, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Romania |
| Asia Pacific 1 | Hong Kong (China), Taiwan (China), Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand |
| Asia Pacific 2 | South Korea, India, Vietnam, Indonesia |
| Asia Pacific 3 | Australia, New Zealand |
| Middle East/Africa | Israel, United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Oman, Nigeria, Bahrain, Kenya |
Enable the global resource plan
In the navigation pane on the left, click Domain Names.
Click Add Domain Name. On the Specify Domain Name Information page, configure Region and select Global (Excluding the Chinese Mainland).
Turn on Global Resource Plan.
Supported features
After you enable the Global Resource Plan, your domain name can access more POPs, but the number of supported features is limited. The following table lists all supported features by category.
Features not available with the global resource plan
The following features are not supported after you enable the global resource plan. If your workload requires any of these features, evaluate whether the global resource plan is suitable for your use case before you enable it.
What to do next
After you enable the global resource plan, you can configure the supported features for your domain name:
Configure an origin server to specify where CDN retrieves content.
Configure an HTTPS certificate to secure traffic between clients and POPs.
Configure cache expiration rules to control how long content is cached at POPs.
Query usage to monitor your CDN resource consumption.