CDN Containers¶

Note

This feature is only available to Rackspace users.

Setup¶

In order to interact with CDN containers, you first need to instantiate a CDN service object:

$cdnService = $service->getCdnService();

List CDN-enabled containers¶

To list CDN-only containers, follow the same operation for Storage which lists all containers. The only difference is which service object you execute the method on:

$cdnContainers = $cdnService->listContainers();

foreach ($cdnContainers as $cdnContainer) {
  /** @var $cdnContainer OpenCloud\ObjectStore\Resource\CDNContainer */
}

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CDN-enable a container¶

Before a container can be CDN-enabled, it must exist in the storage system. When a container is CDN-enabled, any objects stored in it are publicly accessible over the Content Delivery Network by combining the container’s CDN URL with the object name.

Any CDN-accessed objects are cached in the CDN for the specified amount of time called the TTL. The default TTL value is 259200 seconds, or 72 hours. Each time the object is accessed after the TTL expires, the CDN refetches and caches the object for the TTL period.

$container->enableCdn();

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CDN-disable a container¶

$container->disableCdn();

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Operations on CDN-enabled containers¶

Once a container has been CDN-enabled, you can retrieve it like so:

$cdnContainer = $cdnService->cdnContainer('{containerName}');

Retrieve the SSL URL of a CDN container¶

$cdnContainer->getCdnSslUri();

Retrieve the streaming URL of a CDN container¶

$cdnContainer->getCdnStreamingUri();

Retrieve the iOS streaming URL of a CDN container¶

The Cloud Files CDN allows you to stream video to iOS devices without needing to convert your video. Once you CDN-enable your container, you have the tools necessary for streaming media to multiple devices.

$cdnContainer->getIosStreamingUri();

CDN logging¶

To enable and disable logging for your CDN-enabled container:

$cdnContainer->enableCdnLogging();
$cdnContainer->disableCdnLogging();

Purge CDN-enabled objects¶

To remove a CDN object from public access:

$object->purge();

You can also provide an optional e-mail address (or comma-delimeted list of e-mails), which the API will send a confirmation message to once the object has been completely purged:

$object->purge('jamie.hannaford@rackspace.com');
$object->purge('hello@example.com,hallo@example.com');