CDN images and Image resize

Adrian Ursu

Posted on 26/04/2024 10:09:47

Hi guys,

I often see situations where we need to store images outside of the server where the solution is hosted. Usually, this means a CDN of some sort.

I was wondering if anybody managed to master a setup where the images would be stored on a CDN but would still be able to use the image resize capabilities of Dynamicweb.

Any suggestions or pointers would be highly appreciated.

Thank you,

Adrian

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Nicolai Pedersen

Posted on 30/04/2024 16:10:23

Hi Adrian

You have 2 options depending on the CDN you use.

Option 1

Hosting the images with Dynamicweb using GetImage to resize them - and the prefix them with a CDN hostname so it will be cdn.some-service.com/admin/.../GetImage.ashx?... - some CDNs can work in this way where they act as a proxy. I.e. AWS Cloudfront can do this.

Option 2

You sync the files in Dynamicweb with a CDN store and use their image resizer, i.e. <img src="/cdn-cgi/image/width=80,quality=75/uploads/avatar1.jpg" /> This is how i.e. Cloudflare does it.

BR Nicolai

Adrian Ursu

Posted on 30/04/2024 16:18:41

Hi Nicolai,

Honestly, I don't know which version is better.

I am trying to optimize the space used on the server for different instances of the solution (dev, staging, UAT, production). This means that I would, ideally, store the absolute URL in EcomDetails instead of the relative URL (the way it normally is right now).

I am afraid that using the CDN resizer will only limit my options for resizing and rendering the images, not to mention that I would have to change all templates that have anything to do with images. This is why Option 1 is probably better. But this seems to require some configuration in Cloudflare to make it act as a proxy, right?

Thank you,

Adrian

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