{"id":5210,"date":"2018-07-25T14:29:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T18:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=5210"},"modified":"2025-06-17T09:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T13:39:04","slug":"how-to-enable-paircdn","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/how-to-enable-paircdn\/","title":{"rendered":"Enabling PairCDN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/shared-hosting\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Shared<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/vps\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">VPS<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/qs-dedicated\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px; font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">Dedicated<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-enthusiast\/\"><p class=\"\"style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e!important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Enthusiast<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional<\/p><\/a> <a style=\"color:#fff; text-decoration:none!important;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/support\/kb\/tags\/wp-professional-plus\/\"><p style=\"background-color:#1a3d6e !important;color:#fff !important;padding:6px; display:inline-block!important;font-size:12px;font-weight:bold; border-radius:3px;\">WP Professional Plus<\/p><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PairCDN is a Content Delivery Network (CDN). A CDN is a system of distributed servers that deliver web content to a user. The user will receive the web content from the server that is closest geographically. This boosts the loading speeds for your site content.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if someone in Paris visited your site, their computer would load the website content from a server in France, rather than loading the content from our headquarters in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pair.com\/solutions\/content-delivery-network\/\">See our PairCDN product page for more information.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Enable PairCDN to Your Account<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose the tutorial that reflects your ACC interface type:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-legacy-interface\">Legacy Interface<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#if-you-are-using-the-new-acc-interface\">New ACC Interface<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Not sure what the difference is? See<a href=\"http:\/\/pair.com\/support\/kb\/which-acc-interface-am-i-using\/\"> Which ACC Interface Am I Using?&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the Legacy Interface:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/pairnet.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/my.pair.com\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the left sidebar, click <strong>Add Ons<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>PairCDN<\/strong> in the drop-down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the following information:<br><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Domain<\/strong><\/td><td>Select a domain you want to add PairCDN to.&nbsp;<br>Note: You must first add domains to your account for this option to be available.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Hostname<\/strong><\/td><td>Choose a name to represent the CDN version of your site. Your chosen hostname is added to the beginning of your domain to create a unique URL to access the CDN version of your site.&nbsp;<br>Example: cdn.domain.com, hostname.example.com<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Email<\/strong><\/td><td>Enter your email address. We will send information to this address regarding PairCDN, such as set-up information, notices, service changes, etc.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Click <strong>Submit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">If you are using the New ACC Interface:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Log in to the Account Control Center (ACC) at <a href=\"https:\/\/pairnet.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/my.pair.com\">my.pair.com<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In the top navigation bar, click <strong>Domains<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find the site you want to add PairCDN to and click its <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXe2LlYpu9DXES9dpSanUsF52MovbBUgJR1-lUC0dHVw1OwC155N2Qf_Sl6LfDUYT9XlGb4lZFW4-5TN6iYW8mswyqYk7gHwT3lUc1cmga9509lym8ByH86p9qN_XbWMlKTke-VoWsH3tKimuda0PWYzjVUj?key=PNJUKJvjqXD5rMiEXSsR3Mil\" width=\"20\" height=\"22\"> PairCDN icon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A popup window will appear. Click the <strong>Add PairCDN<\/strong> button<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the following information:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Hostname<\/strong><\/td><td>Choose a name to represent the CDN version of your site. Your chosen hostname is added to the beginning of your domain to create a unique URL to access the CDN version of your site.&nbsp;<br>Example: cdn.domain.com, hostname.example.com<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>Click <strong>Submit<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The set-up process for PairCDN may take several hours to complete. Once completed, you can begin using PairCDN by adding your chosen hostname in front of your domain, such as: \"hostname.domain.com.\" You may also link to specific assets using the PairCDN URL, such as: \"hostname.domain.com\/path\/to\/asset.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To incorporate the CDN into your site, swap out or redirect your site's link to the PairCDN version of the URL. While you could redirect your entire site to the PairCDN version, this may lead to heavy bandwidth usage. Instead, many use the PairCDN URL to link resource-heavy assets, such as images, audio, etc. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PairCDN is a Content Delivery Network (CDN). A CDN is a system of distributed servers that deliver web content to a user. The user will receive the web content from the server that is closest geographically. 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