Hello World tutorial (images)
This tutorial takes you through the necessary steps to start using Image and Video Manager to manage and optimize your images.
You'll learn how to:
- Add the Image and Video Manager (Images) rule and behavior to a property
- Create an image policy to automate image optimizations and transformations
Prerequisites
Before you begin, make sure you meet the following prerequisites.
You will need:
- A login to Akamai Control Center
- Access to Property Manager
- A contract that includes Image and Video Manager
- An active web performance configuration
- A property corresponding to the website with the images you wish to optimize
If you do not have a web performance configuration, you will need to create one.
- For non-secure delivery, see Serve content over HTTP
- For secure delivery, see Serve content over HTTPs
For more information about creating a property, see the Property Manager documentation.
Tutorial outline
This table provides a high-level overview of the tutorial.
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Connect your images | Add an Image and Video Manager (Images) rule with an Image and Video Manager (Images) behavior to a property to connect your images to Image and Video Manager. |
| Create your policy | Create an image policy. |
| Configure your optimization settings | Specify your tolerances for the quality and width of the derivative images created by Image and Video Manager. |
| Add image transformations and conditions | Add 2 of the 30+ transformations and conditions to your policy. Try cropping an image and adjusting the contrast. |
| Activate your policy | Save and activate your policy in the staging environment. |
Updated 29 days ago