Using resolve override with Cloud Object Storage

Prerequisites

The following steps assume you have an existing COS instance and bucket with public access. For information on public access see Allowing public access.

Proxy DNS entries are required for domains that are to be matched by the page rule

To perform the actual rewrite and redirection to the COS bucket, the domains that you want to use with this page rule (such as www.foo.com) must have DNS entries in CIS with the proxy flag set. See Proxying DNS Records for more information. If all requests to www.foo.com are redirected, then a CNAME entry that points to <bucket-name> with proxy enabled is sufficient.

Create page rule steps

1. Navigate to Performance > Page Rules.
2. Click Create rule.
3. Input the value you want for the URL match. For example, *.foo.com/*.
   • The URL match must be the same as your COS object name. For example, if you have an object called reports.txt under the bucket my-bucket1, then both of these URL matches would be valid:
     • *.foo.com/*
     • *.foo.com/reports.txt
4. Use the list menu to select Resolve Override with COS under the Performance section.
5. Use the Cloud Object Storage Instance list to select the instance you want.
6. Use the Bucket list to select the bucket you want.
7. Click Create to complete the rule.

Editing a page rule

After editing the page rule, the Resolve Override with COS is no longer displayed on the page. However, the Resolve Override <bucket>.<domain> and Host Header Override <bucket>.<cos-endpoint> replace Resolve Override with COS.

Making changes to the Resolve Override does not automatically create a new CNAME record (for example, <updated-bucket>.<domain>). This is only done upon the initial creation of a page rule using Resolve Override with COS. To automatically create the CNAME record for the bucket follow the Create page rule steps.

Deleting the page rule

If the Resolve Override with COS page rule is no longer needed, the CNAME should be manually deleted along with the page rule.

What happens in the background

When creating a Resolve Override with COS page rule, CIS automatically creates the other necessary resources for the COS integration. These include:

• CNAME

  • A CNAME DNS record for <bucket-name>.<cos-endpoint> as <bucket-name>.
  • For example, if your CIS domain is foo.com, you have a COS bucket called images and your public COS endpoint is s3.us-west.objectstorage.uat.test.net then CIS creates a CNAME as images.foo.com that points to images.s3.us-west.objectstorage.uat.test.net.

  If the Resolve Override with COS page rule is no longer needed the CNAME should be manually deleted along with the page rule.

• Host Header Override

  • The Host Header Override setting replaces the host header for the URI matching the page rule to <bucket-name>.<cos-endpoint>.
  • Using the previous example, the Host Header Override value is set to images.s3.us-west.objectstorage.uat.test.net.