Whitelisting Your Server IP to Use the API

This guide will walk you through Whitelisting your server IPs in MaxCDN so you can use APIs without getting blocked by MaxCDN's firewall.

Creating an API consumer key and secret pair is imperative for utilizing the MaxCDN API. The consumer key and secret pair are used to authenticate the user to the API server, allowing them to execute API commands.

Tutorial

1. Login to your CDN Control Panel:
   
2. Select on Account in the main navigation menu area:
3. Select on API:
4. Select Whitelist IP:
5. Add the Main IP Address for your server in the box. You can add specific IPs or wildcard IPs as explained below:
   

   
   Specific IP address: 122.122.122.122 (whitelists one IP)
   
   Wildcard IP address: 122.122.122.% (allows class C)
   
   GitHub Webhook: 192.30.252.%
   
   Wildcard:* (allows any IP)
   
   CIDR Notation: 122.122.122.1/24
   
           

6. Select Whitelist IP:

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