The BunnyCDN and How to Make it work With Laravel

Bypalash ghosh
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The application of CDN or the Content Delivery Network is of great importance, if you wish for an enhanced performance of your website. This works by ensuring that the various content, images, video and other media is being delivered to the users across the world with ease. The Bunny CDN is one such Content Delivery network that has garnered much attention in the current times of the ‘race online’. So, what is BunnyCDN all about? Let us take a look:

The BunnyCDN

As mentioned earlier, this is a content Delivery Network that works by using the global network of edge servers in order to be able to minimize the distance between the content and the users that are being requested. This helps to deliver quickly and also to minimize the load on the original server. Also, the Bunny CDN functions to enhance the performance as it comprises interesting features like custom caching rules, SSL support, and the real-time analysis.

The users can easily select from the various plans available according to the data being transferred and the required features. Likewise, one can also make use of the free-trial available so that the users can easily test out the services before finalizing on a certain plan of their choice. 

The BunnyCDN: How it Works

The closest edge server to BunnyCDN receives the request when it is sent by a user from a certain website. Incase this particular content is not presently available or stored within the edge server, then it is retrieved from the origin server and later cached over to the edge server. Subsequently multiple requests are made for the same content and are then served from the edge server. 

The best part is that BunnyCDN has its edge servers located around the globe. Hence, it is much easier to deliver the content to the said users across the various locations with enhanced performance. Additionally, in order to make the performance all the more better, various other features such as custom caching rules, real-time analytics, SSL analytics are also included within the BunnyCDN. 

Why You Should USe the BunnyCDN

  • Better Reliability and Speed: With the help of the BunnyCDN, you can now easily enjoy the minimized distance between the users and the content that they have requested. This results in better delivery and less outages. 
  • The Reduced Bandwidth Price: As it manages to handle much of the traffic, the edge server helps minimize the amount of bandwidth that is needed by the origin server. Hence, this results in the much reduced Bandwidth price. 
  • World Wide coverage: The BunnyCDN is a widespread network and comprises multiple edge servers that are located across the world. This allows the delivery of the content over to the uses from across various locations with high performance. 
  • Unique Features: Apart from the enhanced performance, the BunnyCDN also comprises other unique features such as: custom caching rules, SSL support, and the real-time analytics.

So, you see, the BunnyCDN is quite a powerful and reliable CDN service that can help enhance the performance of the website. It also works by making a website more cost-effective by making sure to deliver the content to the various users across the globe in a speedy manner and low latency. 

What Plans And Pricing to Choose from?

There are a wide variety of price plans based on the kind or amount of data to be transferred. It has the required features to do so. This company makes use of the pay-as-you-go pricing model hence the users need to only pay for the data that is transferred via the CDN. Let us take a look at the three main Plans available:

The Standard Plan: This is perfect for a majority of the websites, and comprises all of the BunnyCDN’s main features. This includes: real-time analytics, global coverage and also the custom caching rules. The pricing starts at $0.01 per GB for the first 10TB of the data being transferred. This can go as minimums as $0.005 per GB for the larger amounts of data.

The Pull Zone: This plan has been specially designed for those users who only require the delivery of the content from a single specific location. This could be something like the single server or even a  storage bucket. For this plan, you can pay as little as $0.005 per GB for the first 10 TB of the data that has been transferred. This can go as minimum as $0.04 per GB for the larger kind of data.

How to Install the BunnyCDN in Laravel

The users can easily add the BunnyCDN Laravel as a custom storage adapter. To do this you need to:

  • First install using the v3 composer installer.
  • Now, install the adapter over to the AppServiceProvider to offer Laravel’s FileSystemKnowldege of BunnyCDN adapter.
  • Lastly, you need to add the BunnyCDN driver over to the Config/System.

CONCLUSION

So, you see, the BunnyCDN is a reliable and quite a powerful content delivery network service to work with. It functions by enhancing  both the reliability and the performance of the website. This is done by delivering the static and the dynamic content such as videos, images and various other media users across the world. How did you find this article? Was it helpful? Do let us know in the space below and we would love to hear from you.