How-to guides

Setting up Cloud CDN

• Using Cloud CDN

  Enable and disable Cloud CDN on a load balancing configuration.

• Setting up Cloud CDN with a managed instance group

  Enable Cloud CDN with a simple external HTTP load balancer that has a managed instance group origin.

• Setting up Cloud CDN with a backend bucket

  Enable Cloud CDN with a simple external HTTP load balancer that has a backend bucket origin.

• Setting up Cloud CDN with an external origin

  Enable Cloud CDN with an external HTTP(S) load balancer that has an external origin.

• Setting up Cloud CDN with Cloud Run (fully managed), Cloud Functions, or App Engine

  Enable Cloud CDN for a Cloud Functions, App Engine, or Cloud Run (fully managed) service. You use a serverless NEG for this.

• Setting up Cloud CDN with third-party object storage

  Enable Cloud CDN with an external HTTP(S) load balancer that has an external third-party object storage origin.

Advanced settings, monitoring, and logging

• Using cache modes

  Set and modify cache modes.

• Using TTL settings and overrides

  Set and modify TTL values for cached content.

• Using negative caching

  Set a different TTL for each status code.

• Serving stale content

  Set and modify Cloud CDN behavior when the backend origin is unresponsive.

• Using cache keys

  Set and modify custom cache keys.

• Using signed cookies

  Use signed cookies as an alternative to signed URLs.

• Using signed URLs

  Create and distribute signed URLs.

• Setting up an HTTP-to-HTTPS redirect

  Redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS.

• Invalidating cached content

  Invalidate your cached content by using the gcloud command-line interface or the Google Cloud Console.

• Delivering HTTP and HTTPS content over the same published domain

  Learn how to set up non-secure delivery and secure delivery over the same hostname, using Cloud CDN.

• Viewing logs

  View Cloud CDN logs in Cloud Logging.

• Viewing audit logs

  View Cloud CDN audit logs.