Cloud CDN overview

Resources

Origin groups

Define HTTP origins or object-storage endpoints, backup behavior, and upstream retry cases.

Connect an origin group to an edge hostname and the delivery configuration.

Control cache, network, TLS, headers, origin behavior, access policies, and images.

Purge or prefetch content and review traffic, cache, latency, status, geography, and protocol data.

Configuration areas

Area	Controls
Cache	Edge and browser TTLs, query strings, stale content, slicing, POST cache, custom key
Network	Hostnames, compression, HTTP methods, WebSockets, gRPC, bandwidth limits
TLS	HTTPS, redirects, HTTP/3, protocol versions, SNI, origin certificate validation
Origin	Origin group, protocol, redirects, timeouts, rewrites, forced responses
Headers	CORS, Host header, static request/response headers, response visibility
Security	Country, IP, referrer, user-agent policies, and signed URLs
Images	WebP, AVIF, quality, and lossless PNG behavior

Cloud CDN must be active for the organization. Every origin group and distribution belongs to the API key’s project.

More delivery controls

Delivery rules apply configuration to matching paths.

Origin Shield adds a cache layer in front of your origin.

Advanced options control specialized protocol and query behavior.

Request logs help investigate individual responses.

Cloud Shield adds application protection to a distribution.

TLS Manager provides certificate inventory and imports.