CDNShark Documentation

Guides, tutorials, and references for every part of CDNShark — edge delivery, pull zones, DNS, cache controls, and more.

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Getting Started

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What is CDNShark? Creating Your Account Dashboard Overview Understanding Plans and Limits How to Contact Support

Web Hosting

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What Is CDNShark Web Hosting? Order a Hosting Account Your Hosting Control Panel at a Glance Move an Existing Website to CDNShark Hosting Connect with SFTP SFTP Connection Problems and Unblock My IP Folder Structure of a Hosting Account Use the File Manager Add an Addon Domain or Subdomain Host a Domain Whose DNS Is Managed Elsewhere HTTPS and SSL Certificates for Hosted Sites Redirect a Domain Change the PHP Version PHP Limits and Settings Create a MySQL Database Connect to Your Database Install WordPress in One Click Run WordPress Behind the CDN Schedule Cron Jobs Backups and Downloading a Backup Migrate from cPanel Build a Page with the AI Website Builder Clear the CDN Cache for Your Sites Deploy Your Site with Git Clone and Deploy from GitHub or GitLab Push to Your Hosting Account with Git Auto-Deploy on Every Push Roll Back to an Earlier Version Files and Paths Blocked for Security Disk Quota and Usage Troubleshooting Hosted Websites Suspended or Deleted Hosting Accounts

Email

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What Is CDNShark Email? Buy Mailbox Seats Enable Email on Your CDNShark Domain Add Email for a Domain Whose DNS Is Elsewhere Email DNS Records Explained Create a Mailbox Mailbox Password Rules Change a Mailbox Password Aliases and Forwarding Mail App Settings (IMAP and SMTP) Set Up Email on iPhone, iPad and Android Set Up Email in Outlook, Thunderbird and Apple Mail Use Webmail Sending Limits and Deliverability Send Mail From Other Services With Your Domain Move Existing Email to CDNShark Disable Email for a Domain Email Billing, Renewals and Suspension Troubleshooting Email

Backup

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What is CDNShark Backup? Getting started with CDNShark Backup Restoring files from a snapshot Storage, allowances, and running out of space

Sync

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What is CDNShark Sync? Getting started with CDNShark Sync Choosing how your files are protected End-to-end encryption: passphrase and recovery code Unlocking Sync on a new computer Restoring a deleted file or an earlier version Resolving a sync conflict Using your own S3 storage with Sync Devices: signing out and revoking access Changing your encryption setting

CDN Storage

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Create an S3 Compatible Storage Bucket Share File with a Tokenized Link Uploading Files via the Dashboard Connecting Storage to a Pull Zone Managing Bucket Permissions Using the S3 API with CDNShark Storage

Pull Zones

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What is a Pull Zone? Create a Pull Zone Setting a Custom Hostname for a Pull Zone Configuring Origin Headers Enabling Gzip and Brotli Compression Force HTTPS Redirect Deleting a Pull Zone

DNS Management

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Create Pull Zone Create DNS Record without Proxy Create DNS Record With Proxy and Cache Supported DNS Record Types Changing Nameservers to CDNShark Setting Up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC TTL — What It Is and How to Set It

Domain

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1. Domains - Overview 2. Register a New Domain 3. Add a Domain - CDNShark Manages DNS 4. Add a Domain - You Manage Your Own DNS

Cache & Performance

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How CDNShark Caching Works Setting Cache TTL Rules Purging Cache for a Pull Zone Bypass Cache for Dynamic Paths Using Query String Caching

Security

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SSL/TLS Overview IP Allowlist and Blocklist GEO Restrictions Rate Limiting Hotlink Protection Token-Based URL Authentication

CAPTCHA

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Add CAPTCHA to your website

Tunnel

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What is a Private Origin Tunnel? Create a Tunnel and Install the Connector Publish a Site Through Your Tunnel Tunnel Troubleshooting Remove a Tunnel or Uninstall the Connector

Edge Nodes

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What Are Edge Nodes? Viewing Edge Node Health Adding a Custom Edge Node Edge Node Regions

Troubleshooting

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Why Is My Content Not Being Cached? SSL Certificate Not Provisioning 522 Connection Timed Out Error 524 — Origin Timeout DNS Changes Not Propagating High Cache Miss Rate

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