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# Create a Download Delivery property

To set up Download Delivery, you first need to create a new property in ​Akamai Control Center​.

1. Select the appropriate ​Akamai Control Center​ account using the drop-down in the top right.

2. Open the application. From the Control Center menu, click **Content delivery > CDN > Properties**. Click **New Property**.

3. Click **Create Property** in the **Download Delivery** card.

4. In the **Property Name** field, enter a name for your property. This serves as the filename for the property and how it's displayed throughout Property Manager.

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5. Select the appropriate Group to use for the property. The group selected must have Download Delivery included on the contract associated with it.

6. Click **Next**.

# Review property version information

After you add a new property, this is the first panel you'll see. It shows information regarding the Download Delivery property, as well as settings used to define HTTPS (secure) or HTTP (non-secure) delivery.

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<img src="https://techdocs.akamai.com/download-delivery/img/dd-prop-ver-info-v1.jpg"/>
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You can view the contract associated with the configuration, see its current status on each of the edge network environments (Production—live, vs. Staging—test), include **Version Notes** for the configuration, and set the desired delivery method:

* **Standard TLS ready**. Select this if you want to use basic (non-PCI-compliant) HTTPS or non-secure HTTP delivery.

* **Enhanced TLS or Shared Cert**. Select this if you want to use a higher level of security (PCI-compliant) or ​Akamai​'s shared certificate for secure (HTTPS) delivery.

You fully configure the actual delivery method when you define property hostnames.

# What's next

Now, you use the Property Manager Editor to define the property:

* [Define Property Hostnames](https://techdocs.akamai.com/download-delivery/docs/define-prop-hn). Associate your site's hostname with an edge hostname so requests can access the ​Akamai​ network.

* [Define Property Configuration Settings](https://techdocs.akamai.com/download-delivery/docs/define-property-configuration-settings). Set up the rules and behaviors that are applied to requests.

# Sibling pages

* [Define property hostnames](https://techdocs.akamai.com/download-delivery/docs/define-prop-hn.md)
* [Define property variables (optional)](https://techdocs.akamai.com/download-delivery/docs/define-property-variables-optional.md)
* [Define property configuration settings](https://techdocs.akamai.com/download-delivery/docs/define-property-configuration-settings.md)
* [Finalize your Download Delivery property](https://techdocs.akamai.com/download-delivery/docs/finalize-your-dd-property.md)
* [Test your Download Delivery property](https://techdocs.akamai.com/download-delivery/docs/test-your-dd-property.md)
* [Go live with Download Delivery](https://techdocs.akamai.com/download-delivery/docs/go-live.md)