Review Virtual Waiting Room setup tasks (classic method - with a cloudlet policy)

Before you begin

Before you can configure Virtual Waiting Room, make sure you:

  1. Create a new property in Property Manager or have an existing property.

  2. Purchase Virtual Waiting Room. If you don't have it, contact your account team to learn more about purchase options. You have the option to try the product for free or you can buy it.

Browser support

These are the recommended browsers for setting up the Virtual Waiting Room html page:

  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Safari

How to

These steps provide a general overview on how to configure Virtual Waiting Room. Details for each step are provided on the pages that follow.

  1. Open Cloudlets Policy Manager:

    1. Open Cloudlets Policy Manager: > CDN > Edge logic Cloudlets.

    2. If you can't access the application, either contact your administrator or set up the roles and permissions for your Virtual Waiting Room users.

  2. In Cloudlets Policy Manager:

    1. Create a Virtual Waiting Room policy.

    2. Set the number of visitors admitted to the origin.

    3. Create policy rules.

    4. Activate the policy.

  3. In Property Manager:

    1. Set up the waiting room page.

    2. Configure the Virtual Waiting Room (Beta) behavior in Property Manager.

    3. Customize the waiting room and configure cache.

    4. Activate the property