Enter your domain name and email address to initiate the setup. Peakhour will scan your website's DNS to detect the origin IP. Confirm that your website's origin IP is correct.
SSL requests will initially pass directly to your origin server. After pointing your website to Peakhour, a LetsEncrypt certificate will automatically install, or you can upload your own SSL certificate.
Prepare to point your domain to Peakhour. Once DNS propagation completes, Peakhour will optimise and secure your site.
Ensure that all initial setup steps are complete and correct.
If using a third-party SSL certificate, upload it via the Peakhour client panel. Otherwise, Peakhour will handle the LetsEncrypt certificate installation.
Confirm the client’s origin server details in the Peakhour client panel.
Transfer all necessary configurations from the staging environment to the production environment.
Confirm that Peakhour can access the origin server, and you have allow-listed it with no rate limits.
Whitelist all required IP addresses with the client’s hosting services.
Obtain information on expected site traffic and the platforms that visitors use.
After go-live, consider denying traffic that does not come through the CDN on the Origin.
The client should perform a final set of checks to confirm site functionality.
Collaborate on ongoing enhancements based on site usage patterns and goals.
This comprehensive guide integrates the initial setup and configuration steps with the pre-go-live, testing, go-live execution, and post-deployment phases for transitioning to Peakhour CDN. It ensures performance enhancements, robust security, and a plan for ongoing optimisation and collaboration. Peakhour’s CDN services.