Configure the Virtual Waiting Room behavior (Visitor Prioritization Cloudlet with FIFO) in Property Manager
In Property Manager, behaviors apply certain features to your configuration. Behaviors help shape how requests passing through the Akamai network are handled and processed.
Virtual Waiting Room and Visitor Prioritization cloudlets use different Property Manager behaviors.
- The
Visitor Prioritization Cloudlet with FIFO
behavior is used with the Virtual Waiting Room cloudlet.- The
Visitor Prioritization
behavior is used with the Visitor Prioritization cloudlet.
Visitor Prioritization Cloudlet with FIFO
andVisitor Prioritization
behaviors can not be used together on the same property version.
How to
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Access Property Manager configurations associated with the selected Akamai Control Center account. Go to ☰ > CDN > Properties (or just enter Properties in the search box).
The Property Groups page opens.
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Select the property and version you want to add your Cloudlet to.
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Click Add Rule, then select Blank Rule Template from the menu.
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Give the new rule a name and click Insert Rule.
The Criteria, and Behaviors templates are added. -
Click Add Match and add match criteria. Repeat this step to add additional match criteria if required.
Example. -
Click Add Behavior, and search for and select Visitor Prioritization Cloudlet with FIFO.
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Click Insert Behavior. Refer to the following table to complete the fields.
Field | Action |
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FIFO Policy (required) | Select an existing Visitor Prioritization FIFO policy to use with this behavior. The list contains only shared policies. |
Domain | The domain for establishing a visitor session. |
Cookie Domain Override | The advanced option to set a custom domain attribute for all session cookies. This option is available when Domain is set to Custom (Advanced Settings). Make sure this domain is correctly accepted by the user agent for any request matching with this behavior. When multiple property hostnames are configured, the cookie domain is the common domain. Do not use only the top level domains (TLDs) for the cookie domain. |
Waiting Room | |
Path | The path to the waiting room main page on the Origin. For blocked requests when the Origin reaches its limit, the outgoing request path and cache key is rewritten to this path value as waiting room main page requests. The waiting room path is not visible to visitors. |
Assets | Base path for waiting room assets such as; javascript, css files and images that are referenced in the waiting room HTML. e.g. /static/*. Each path may contain an asterisk (*) for wildcards. Requests matching with any of these paths are not blocked, but marked as Waiting Room Assets requests and passed through to the Origin. |
Granting Access | |
Duration | Define how long access should be granted (in seconds) for inactive visitors at the origin. 0 through 86400 seconds |
Auto Extend | Set the toggle to |
- Click Save.
Updated 24 days ago