Purpose: Rules Engine is designed to be the final authority on how specific types of requests are processed by the CDN.
The MCC contains a variety of settings that may be leveraged to configure how content is delivered through the CDN. However, your unique working environment may require an additional level of customization. For this reason, we provide an interface through which you can create custom policies that will override your MCC configuration, the default behavior of our edge servers, and even the instructions provided by an origin server.
Common Uses:
Secure or deny requests for sensitive content.
Redirect requests.
Store custom log data.
ADN: Enable a Web Application Firewall profile.
Although Rules Engine is supported on all HTTP-based platforms (i.e., HTTP Large, HTTP Small, and ADN), each configuration is specific to a single platform. For example, a policyRules Engine: Refers to a read-only version of a set of rules that identify requests and the set of actions that can be applied to them. A policy may be applied to either the Staging or Production environment. created for the HTTP Large platform will not affect how requests to the HTTP Small platform are handled and vice-versa.
Setting up Rules Engine involves the following steps: