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Add an Image and Video Manager rule

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Rules are added to properties using Property Manager. Rules include match criteria and behaviors. If a request fulfills the conditions in the match criteria, the behaviors in that rule are applied.

Before you can use Image & Video Manager to optimize your source files, you will need to add at least one Image & Video Manager rule to the property containing the domain for your images or videos.

  1. Log in to ​Akamai Control Center​, then go to ☰ > CDN > Property Manager.

  2. Navigate to the property containing the domain for your images and/or videos.

  3. Open the version of the property configuration you want to edit.

  4. Under Property Configuration Settings, click Add Rule.

  5. Search for Image & Video Manager in the list of available rules.

  6. Select one of the following rules, and click Insert Rule.

RuleDescription
Image & Video Manager Video Manager (Images)Choose this rule to use file extensions only as the match criteria for your images.
Image & Video Manager (Videos)Choose this rule to use file extensions only as the match criteria for your videos.
Image & Video Manager (Advanced)
(for advanced users only)		Choose this rule if you want to use OR matches in your rule, or want to match based on client-specific data such as device characteristics, IP address/version, request cookie, request header, or user agent.

  1. In the Criteria section, create an If statement by:

    • Selecting File Extension from the first list
    • Selecting is one of from the second list
    • Selecting all of the required file extensions for your images or videos

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Enable Image & Video Manager for files without file extensions

In order to enable Image & Video Manager for files without image or video file extensions, add "EMPTY_STRING" to the list of extensions. You will also need to use an additional path or variable match to ensure that Image & Video Manager applies only applied to image or video files and not all files without extensions.

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Specify the OR match criteria for advanced rules

If you are creating an advanced rule, also specify the OR match criteria.

  1. Make sure that your Image & Video Manager rule is the last rule that modifies origin settings. Rules that apply Origin Server behavior should not be applied after the Image & Video Manager rule (exception: Cloudlets origins configured with the Cloudlets Origin Group rule can be applied after).

  2. Add a behavior to your rule:

  3. Click Save.

Updated 10 months ago