All systems operational

Documentation

How to publish media through the Northlane edge network.

1. Create an origin

Host objects on any HTTPS origin. Northlane pulls on first miss and stores them at the regional shield.

2. Map a hostname

CNAME your media hostname to the assigned anycast record. TLS certificates are issued automatically.

3. Set cache policy

Use Cache-Control on the origin. Default TTL for video segments is 24 hours; manifests default to 10 seconds.

4. Purge when needed

Invalidate a path or tag from the control API. Purges propagate to all pops within a few seconds.

Example request

Clients request objects over HTTPS. Range requests are forwarded to origin only on a shield miss.

GET /vod/season-04/episode-12/1080p.m3u8 HTTP/2
Host: cdn.northlane.net