This topic describes how to continue to use a domain name for CDN after the Internet Content Provider (ICP) filing of the domain name for CDN expires.

Problem description

As required by applicable laws and regulations in the Chinese mainland, ApsaraVideo VOD cannot accelerate domain names that have no ICP filings in the Chinese mainland. If the edge group of your domain name is Chinese mainland or the globe, and the ICP filing of the domain name has expired, ApsaraVideo VOD suspends the acceleration service for the domain name.

Solutions

  • Solution 1: Change the edge group of your domain name.

    If you want to accelerate only content deliveries outside the Chinese mainland, we recommend that you change the edge group of your domain name to outside the Chinese mainland. This way, no Alibaba Cloud CDN nodes in the Chinese mainland are used and no content deliveries in the Chinese mainland are accelerated. The pricing of the acceleration service varies with the edge group. For more information, visit Pricing.

    1. Log on to the ApsaraVideo VOD console.
    2. In the left-side navigation pane, find Configuration Management.
    3. Choose CDN Configuration > Domain Names to go to the Domain Names page.
    4. Find the domain name that you want to modify and click Configure in the Actions column. Configure
    5. Click Edit. Edit
    6. Select Outside Chinese Mainland (ICP Filing Not Required) for the Acceleration Region parameter. Change the edge group
    7. Click OK.
  • Solution 2: Resolve the domain name to the origin server before the domain name obtains a valid ICP number.

    In this example, a domain name whose registrar is Alibaba Cloud is used to demonstrate how to resolve a domain name to the origin server. If your domain name uses other registrars, you must complete the settings in the system of the registrar. The procedure is similar to the one described in this example.

    1. Log on to the Alibaba Cloud DNS console.
    2. On the Manage DNS page, find the domain name that you want to manage and click Configure in the Actions column.
    3. Click Add Record. Change the CNAME record to an A record. Add a DNS record
      Parameter Description Example
      Type A is selected in this example. A
      Host Enter the prefix of the domain name.
      • If the domain name to be accelerated is www.aliyun.com, enter www.
      • If the domain name to be accelerated is aliyun.com, enter @.
      • If the domain name to be accelerated is *.aliyun.com, enter *.
      ISP Line Enter the default Internet service provider (ISP) line. Keep the default setting.
      Value Enter the IPv4 address or the domain name of the origin server. 10.10.10.10
      TTL Enter a time-to-live (TTL) value for the CNAME record. A smaller value indicates a shorter period of time to apply record updates. The default TTL value is 10 minutes. Keep the default setting.
    4. Click Confirm.