SSSG Ninja is my new open source project - It is a all-in-one managemenet tool for SSSG (Site Shield Security Group), it not only makes recommendations but also can do the jobs for you. If you are interested to try, it can be found in my Github repo. Here are current supported features: Make recommendations based … Continue reading SSSG Ninja
Tag: Akamai
Akamai add basic auth to incoming request
In some cases, Akamai may need to add auth basic to incoming request before sending it to the origin. Here is how to: 1) encode the username and password in the format of username:password. It can be done either via bash script or the online tool. # echo -n username:password | base64 dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ= https://www.base64encode.org/ 2) Add a behavior … Continue reading Akamai add basic auth to incoming request
Allow DELETE method pass payload in Akamai
We have a RESTful API endpoint for DELETE request sitting behind Akamai. And the DELETE request contains some data in the payload. By default, Akamai strips off the payload in DELETE method when you only turn on 'Allow DELETE'. To allow Akamai to pass the payload in DELETE method, you have to: Enable 'Allow All Methods on Parent Servers' on … Continue reading Allow DELETE method pass payload in Akamai
Akamai protocol rewrite issue
I have been working on a API gateway project (Akamai + Nginx + Lua) for quite a few weeks. There are lots of things that I would like to write and share. This post is one of them. The high level architecture looks like this: Phases: Users send http(s) GET or POST requests to Akamai. Akamai … Continue reading Akamai protocol rewrite issue
Autosam Release
Autosam is a project that I created to automate the Akamai Cloudlets Edge Redirect from end to end, including add new rules, remove duplicated rules if there are any, push to staging, test in staging, push to production, test in production. Now it is available for download from my Github repo. Enjoy Autosam 🙂
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