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How to Manage Active Regions for Vultr CDN Push Zones

Updated on April 3, 2025

Active Regions in Vultr CDN Push Zones allow you to specify the regions where your content is stored and delivered. With 32 global locations to choose from, this feature ensures that your data is readily available and served quickly from multiple edge servers, enhancing performance and reducing latency for users in those regions. By updating the active regions, you can optimize content delivery and improve the user experience across various geographic areas.

Follow this guide to update the active regions for a Vultr CDN Push Zone subscription on your Vultr account using the Vultr Customer Portal, API, or CLI.

  • Vultr Customer Portal
  • Vultr API
  • Vultr CLI
  1. Navigate to Products, click CDN, and then click Push Zones.
  2. Click your target CDN Push Zone subscription to open its management page.
  3. Click Regions.
  4. Select any region in which you want a Push Zone.
  5. Deselect any region in which you do not want a Push Zone.

  1. Send a GET request to the List CDN Push Zones endpoint and note the target Push Zone subscription's ID.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/cdns/push-zones" \
    -X GET \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  2. Send a GET request to the List Regions endpoint and note your target region ID.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/regions" \
  -X GET \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}"

  3. Send a PUT request to the Update CDN Push Zone endpoint to update the Push Zone regions.

    console 
    $ curl "https://api.vultr.com/v2/cdns/push-zones/{pushzone-id}" \
    -X PUT \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${VULTR_API_KEY}" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    --data '{
        "regions": [
            "{region_1_id}",
            "{region_2_id}", 
            "{region_3_id}"
        ]
    }'

  1. List all available CDN Push Zone subscriptions and note the target Push Zone subscription's ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli cdn push list

  2. List all Vultr regions and note your target region ID.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli regions list

  3. Update the regions for the target Push Zone subscription.

    console 
    $ vultr-cli cdn push update <pushzone-id> --regions "<region_1_id>,<region_2_id>,<region_3_id>"

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