Blog Listing: Akamai 2020 Platform Update

This blog is part of a series on the various methods available to manage DNS as code. Previously we covered my personal favorite method - Managing Edge DNS as code with GitHub actions. In this blog, I’ll walk you through managing DNS using the DNS API. Akamai Edge DNS is a cloud-based solution that can be implemented as a primary...

This blog is part of a series on the various methods available to manage DNS as code. In this blog, I’ll walk you through managing DNS using the GitHub Actions Akamai Edge DNS is a cloud-based solution that can be implemented as a primary or secondary DNS service that leverages a globally distributed network of servers to ensure the availability,...

Many companies today rely on Akamai’s Media Services Live and Adaptive Media Delivery for a full end-to-end livestreaming workflow - from ingesting multiple bitrates with high stability to delivering these streams to a global audience with as little latency as possible. For companies managing multiple livestreams often ranging from 24/7 streams to multiple event streams occurring at the same time,...

Akamai Cloud Access Manager (CAM) is a new feature that will now be included as part of our delivery service. The CAM feature will help anyone who uses cloud origins more easily manage access keys in a simple and secure method.   CAM captures AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) authentication keys and access IDs in a secure service for use...

It’s now easier than ever before to onboard new hostnames and update your existing configurations to ensure your Ion and Dynamic Site Accelerator (DSA) properties are configured for optimal performance. As part of Akamai’s Platform Update this October, we’ve updated our default configuration settings for Ion and DSA to include Akamai-recommended rules to help you efficiently set up new hostnames...

EdgeWorkers is an Akamai edge computing technology that enables developers to customize web traffic by  running JavaScript at the Edge instead of using browser clients or origin servers. See this overview  for more information.  In this blog, we are going to focus on how developers can leverage continuous deployment automation tools like GitHub actions to simplify deploying EdgeWorkers code within...