Akamai Web Performance Foundations

Course Overview

The Akamai Web Performance Foundations course is designed to familiarize you with the Akamai Web Performance portfolio & its essential capabilities. It offers an introduction to the features of the Akamai Intelligent Platform that enable those capabilities through a combination of learning interventions such as conceptual discussions, hands-on lab exercises, facilitator-led demonstrations, & group-based activities.

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Bring your site onto the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform.
  • Optimize & tune your site delivery settings.
  • Refresh content on Akamai CDN.
  • Derive insights into your site using analytics from the Akamai Control Center.
  • Automate workflows by leveraging Akamai's APIs & CLIs.

Content Outline

  • This module introduces the challenges of the Internet & how the Akamai Intelligent Platform can address them with its essential capabilities. It includes an overview of Akamai's Web Performance Solutions suite, describing the value proposition of each product & its corresponding feature set. This module talks about how a site is Akamaized. That is, how a website/application gets onto the Akamai network, especially from a DNS perspective. You will also learn how to configure a primary site on Akamai.
  •  In this module, we will learn about HTTPS & TLS Certificates, & how Akamai works with sites that are HTTPS enabled. You will also learn about the various types of certificates & how they can be obtained & deployed on the Akamai network. During this time, you will do a tech set-up of your systems & get started on configuring an HTTPS site on Akamai.
  •  Learn the fundamentals of caching at the Akamai Edge, including the benefits & testing. You will learn to configure basic Caching at Akamai Control Center

In this module, you will learn how to use an exciting new feature of Akamai Web Performance solutions - User-Defined Variables. These Variables allow you to make more advanced logical decisions and extract values from various places, which can be used elsewhere in your site logic at the Edge.

  • This module will walk you through how to refresh the content on the Akamai network - i.e. how to delete (purge) or invalidate content, requiring objects to be fetched or revalidated from the origin. You will also learn about the different tools (CCU, Fast Purge, etc.) which can be used for refreshing content.
  •  In this module, you will learn about HTTP/2, the evolution of the HTTP 1.1 protocol, how Akamai supports it, & adds value-add functionalities that leverage parts of HTTP/2. You will also learn about Akamai's Adaptive Acceleration feature, which leverages HTTP/2 technology
  • This module will walk you through features that help derive insights & measure page performance, like mPulse - Real User Monitoring solution, Akamai Control Center Reports, & Log Delivery Service.

In this module, you will learn about some of the lesser-known Akamai tools you can access through the ACC portal, which can be helpful in testing & troubleshooting.

Describe how dynamic caching works on the Edge & how we use Flexible Cache Key to cache different versions of content with the same URL.

 In this module, you will learn about Akamai's most powerful & exciting image optimization capabilities - Image Manager. You will learn how you can easily enable Image Manager on a site to obtain excellent image experiences for your end-users, including using intelligent compression & browser-specific image formats

This module will teach you about our Cloudlets portfolio & how each Cloudlet services a specific niche function. It will give you a deep dive into a few of the most popular Cloudlets, including Edge Redirector & Visitor Prioritization. You will learn how to configure a selected set of Cloudlets on the ACC portal.

 In this time, learn about all the exciting things that Akamai is doing to help developers & DevOps-oriented customers better leverage & control the Akamai platform. Also, learn about OPEN APIs, the new Command Line Interface, & other exciting options which help you use Akamai how you want.

FAQs

The Akamai edge compute platform helps to build & run applications & services elastically with unparalleled scale, reliability, & security. For over two decades, Akamai has helped businesses develop edge computing solutions tailored to their specific growth & development needs.

CDNs store and temporarily save web pages and images. And video in proxy servers near you. This allows you to watch a movie, download software, check your bank balance, post on social media, or make purchases without waiting for content to load.

Our edge servers replace the cloud or physical server you use to run and house your website's content. Because our edge servers need to be able to communicate with your server to serve content on your behalf, your server is referred to as the origin server because it is where your content originates.

 

 At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Bring your site onto the Akamai Intelligent Edge Platform.

• Optimize & tune your site delivery settings.

• Refresh content on Akamai CDN.

• Derive insights into your site using analytics from the Akamai Control Center.

With AppDynamics, you can automatically discover the flow of all traffic requests in your environment. & dynamically creates a topology map to visualize performance across the application ecosystem. Closely follow your users' digital experience & get ahead of issues with web, mobile or synthetic transaction monitoring.

A: To attend the training session, professionals should have an operational Desktop or Laptop with the required specifications and a good internet connection to access the labs.

 Ans- Yes, Radiant will provide you most updated high, value-relevant real-time projects & case studies in each training program.

 

 Ans- Technical issues are unpredictable & might occur with us as well. Participants must ensure access to the required configuration with good internet speed.

A: When we receive your enrollment request, we will send you the information you need to choose and complete the enrollment process.

To learn about the upcoming schedule for a specific technology training programme, please contact us at the email address listed below (whichever is applicable).

Individuals should contact training@radianttechlearning.com.

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