--- title: "Video: CDN Setup" description: "Watch how to set up and configure Edge CDN from scratch. Create a deployment, add domains, configure caching, and go live." url: https://edge.network/academy/video-cdn-setup/ --- # Video: CDN Setup [Back to Academy](https://edge.network/academy) Video Tutorial 8 min watch # CDN Setup From zero to globally cached in under 10 minutes. Create a CDN deployment, add your domain, configure caching rules, and go live. Video coming soon Follow the written guide below in the meantime ## What this tutorial covers Follow along with the video or use this written guide to set up your CDN. ### Creating a CDN Deployment A CDN deployment is a container for one or more domains. When you create one, Edge provisions cache space across 2,200+ global locations for your content. In the control panel, navigate to **CDN** and click **Create Deployment**. Give it a name that identifies your project (e.g. "marketing-site" or "api-cache"). ### Adding a Domain Each deployment can have multiple domains. Add your domain and specify the origin — the server where your content lives. Edge fetches from your origin on cache miss and serves from cache on hit. You'll need to create a CNAME record pointing your domain to `cdn.edge.network`. Once DNS propagates, Edge automatically provisions a free SSL certificate via Let's Encrypt. ### Configuring Cache Rules By default, Edge caches everything for 1 year. You can customise this per path: - **Static assets** (images, CSS, JS) — cache for 1 year, they rarely change - **HTML pages** — cache for 1 hour or less if content updates frequently - **API responses** — short TTL (minutes) or bypass cache entirely Configure these in the deployment's **Configuration** tab under Cache Rules. ### Image Optimisation [Edge CDN](https://edge.network/cdn) includes automatic image optimisation. When enabled, images are converted to WebP or AVIF based on the visitor's browser support, and resized on-the-fly via URL parameters. This is enabled by default on new deployments. ### Purging Cache When you update content, you can purge individual URLs or the entire cache. Purges propagate globally within seconds. # Purge a specific URL edge cdn purge --url https://cdn.example.com/style.css # Purge everything edge cdn purge [Next: VM Configuration Set up and manage virtual machines](https://edge.network/academy/video-vm-configuration) [CDN Documentation Full reference docs](https://edge.network/docs/cdn)