Getting started

Connect a storefront property to DT8 Commerce CDN. Typical time to first cached request: under 15 minutes.

Prerequisites. You need DNS control for your shop hostname (e.g. www.northwind.shop) and an origin that serves HTTPS (or HTTP origin with TLS terminated at DT8).

1. Create a property

In the dashboard, create a property with:

  • Primary hostname — www.northwind.shop
  • Origin — origin.northwind.shop (A/AAAA or CNAME to your platform)
  • Default cache policy — Commerce Standard (recommended)

2. Add the edge CNAME

At your DNS provider:

www.northwind.shop. 300 IN CNAME www.northwind.shop.edge.dt8cdn.net.

DT8 assigns *.edge.dt8cdn.net hostnames per property. Do not CNAME the apex (northwind.shop) unless you use ALIAS/ANAME; see DNS & TLS.

3. Verify TLS

Certificates are issued automatically for verified hostnames. Poll readiness:

curl -sS https://api.dt8cdn.net/v1/properties/prop_northwind/hostnames \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $DT8_API_KEY"

When tls.status is active, open the storefront over HTTPS.

4. Smoke test from the edge

# Should include DT8 edge headers curl -sI https://www.northwind.shop/cdn-cgi/trace curl -sI https://www.northwind.shop/products/linen-tee.jpg \ -H "Accept: image/avif,image/webp,*/*"

5. Wire purge into your deploy

After catalog publishes, invalidate changed paths (see Purge API).

DNS & TLS →