Creating an Azure CDN profile

Azure Content Delivery Network (Azure CDN) is a distributed network that enables the faster delivery of web content to end users. Azure CDN stores cached content on edge servers in multiple locations (Azure regions). This content is then available to end users faster, with minimal network latency.

Getting ready

Before you start, open the browser and go to the Azure portal via https://portal.azure.com.

How to do it…

In order to create a new Azure CDN profile, take the following steps:

1. In the Azure portal, select Create a resource and then choose CDN under Networking (or search for CDN in the search bar).
2. In the new pane, we must provide information for the Name, Subscription, Resource group, and Pricing tier fields. If we decide to provide a CDN endpoint at this time, we need to provide details for CDN endpoint name, Origin type, and Origin hostname. Origin hostname will be available from the drop-down list, based on the Origin...