CDN¶

Introduction¶

CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a system of distributed servers that are used to deliver web content to end-users based on their geographic location. The main purpose of using a CDN is to improve website performance by reducing latency and improving website load times.

How to configure CDN in Shopsys Platform¶

Shopsys Platform supports CDN by simply configuring the environment variable CDN_DOMAIN. The value of this variable is used as a prefix for all static assets such as images, CSS, and JavaScript files.

The variable can be configured in the .env file or better in the webserver settings.

Note

You have to ensure the data are properly propagated to the CDN servers.

Content in the WYSIWYG editor¶

If the CDN is configured, URL of all images inserted into the WYSIWYG editor will be automatically replaced by the CDN URL on save (thanks to the WysiwygCdnDataTransformer).

If you enable the CDN on the already running project, you should ensure, that your existing content is updated accordingly.

Testing CDN locally¶

Nginx webserver running in the Docker container is already configured to be able to provide static files on different port.

If you need to test CDN locally, you just need to add new port mapping into your docker-compose.yaml file:

    webserver:
        image: nginx:1.13-alpine
        container_name: shopsys-framework-webserver
        depends_on:
            - php-fpm
        volumes:
            - ./project-base/web:/var/www/html/project-base/web:cached
            - ./docker/nginx/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf:delegated
        ports:
            - "8000:8080"
+           - "8001:8081"

and set the CDN_DOMAIN variable to http://127.0.0.1:8001 in the .env[.local] file:

CDN_DOMAIN=http://127.0.0.1:8001

All assets will now be served from the different URL: http://127.0.0.1:8001.