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How to setup content delivery network?

Content delivery network (CDN) improves page speed of your site eliminating latency. Setting up CDN servers is not a simple task and may take a couple of hours. The first thing you must know is the type of files that you use in your business such as CSS, JavaScript, images, video streaming, etc. These files take long to upload and the purpose of using CDNs are to intensify the speed of page uploads.

You are then required to get your files and applications to the CDN servers. Some of the commonly used CMS offer automatic upload but otherwise, you must upload them to the CDN server where it is replicated and distributed across the network.

When you upload files over the (CDN) Content delivery network servers, the URL changes and they look complicated with figures and alphabets. You can use those URLs for web assets but it may create confusion. Instead, you may create a name of your choice and use a CNAME (alias domain). Using a caching system, you can direct your CMS to swap files to ascertain that the right files are being called. Caching improves the page speed and delivers content to the visitor fast.

Finally, you can view the usage of your files. You can test the speed at webpagetest.org and test the speed from different locations.