Deploy/Undeploy a Property

After you create or edit a property, CDN Pro only saves the configuration in the backend. To make the configuration take effect in production traffic, you must push it to CDN Pro edge nodes by deploying the property. When a hostname no longer needs to be accelerated, you can undeploy the property to remove its configuration from edge nodes.

• Deploy a property: Push the property’s configuration to CDN Pro edge nodes. Only after deployment will edge nodes process requests for the hostnames under the property.
• Undeploy a property: Remove the property’s configuration from CDN Pro edge nodes. After undeployment, edge nodes will no longer process requests for the hostnames under the property.

This article describes how to deploy and undeploy a property.

Deploy a Property

1. Entry to Deployment

Click the left-side menu Edge Configuration > Properties to open the property list, then open the details page of a property by either of the following:

• Click the value in the Property Name column.
• Click the view icon in the Actions column.

2. Choose a Version to Deploy

In the versions drop-down, select the version you want to deploy, then click the Deploy button on the right.

3. Choose The Deployment Target

When the “Deployment Target” dialog appears, choose the target environment: Staging (default) or Production, then click Deploy Now to deploy the selected version to the chosen environment.

Note:

• Environments: CDN Pro provides a staging and a production environment. We strongly recommend testing your property in Staging first, and deploying to Production only after tests pass.
• Add to Standby Tasks: If you don’t want to deploy immediately, you can add the deployment to Standby Task for batch deployment or to execute during off-peak hours.

4. Confirm the Deployment

Before deployment, the system checks the version currently running in the target environment:

• If it’s the same version, the system asks whether you want to redeploy and overwrite it.
• If it’s a different version, the system lets you compare versions and then confirm whether to deploy the new version.

Confirm to proceed. The system will start a deployment task to push the configuration to edge nodes worldwide. Deployment typically completes within 3 minutes. If you don’t want to wait on the page, click Hide to let the task continue in the background. You can view the progress anytime in deployment tasks.

You have now completed the property deployment operation.

Undeploy a Property

1. Choose the Environment to Undeploy

Click the left-side menu Edge Configuration > Properties to open the property list. In the Actions column for the target property, click the ellipsis icon, then click either Undeploy from Staging or Undeploy from Production.

Note: If no version of the property has been deployed to the target environment, there is nothing to remove. You can only undeploy a property when the property is deployed in that environment. When a property is not deployed to a target environment, the corresponding action is disabled.

2. Confirm the Undeployment

When presented the confirmation box, confirm to proceed. The system starts a task to remove the configuration from CDN Pro edge nodes. Undeployment typically completes within 3 minutes. If you don’t want to wait on the page, click Hide to let the task continue in the background. You can view progress anytime in deployment tasks.

View Deployment/Undeployment History

You can view the deployment history of a property at any time, including both deployment and undeployment tasks.

1. Entry to View History

Click the left side menu Edge Configuration > Properties to open property list page. On this page:

• Method 1: Select a property, click the ellipsis icon in the Actions column, then click Deployment History.
• Method 2: Select a property and click the value in the Property Name column to open the details page, then click the Deployment History button on the page.

2. View History

After clicking Deployment History, the system navigates (with the property ID prefilled) to Tasks > Deployment page, where you can view the corresponding property’s deployment and undeployment history.