Need to Delete the files from Akamai Server

We have requirement in which we need to create the workflow to delete the file from target server(Akamai). I used dodeletes="yes" but it doesn't work. Please advise how I can achieve this. It's a urgent requirement please advise ASAP.

Thanks and Regards,
Girish Taneja

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Jenni

Can you provide additional information on what you are facing and trying to achieve? Environment/OD script / Logs etc.

ISCBorisB

We have requirement in which we need to create the workflow to delete the file from target server(Akamai). I used dodeletes="yes" but it doesn't work. Please advise how I can achieve this. It's a urgent requirement please advise ASAP.

Thanks and Regards,
Girish Taneja

You'd have to talk to your Akamai Administrator.

The answer depends on what exactly you are using, Akamai Net Storage or more traditional Edge Services.
It also depends on what API is available for you to invalidate/purge (or rather to request Akamai to purge)
globally distributed Akamai Objects. When you know that you can plan (for example) an External Task that
makes corresponding requests.

Note that I do not think that you can get all this from Open Deploy alone. Even if you use simple
"Source URL" Server | Edge Server Schema and deploy to corporate "Source URL", the deletion of the
File from "Source" will not on itself cause its removal from Akamai cloud.

Girish85

You'd have to talk to your Akamai Administrator.

The answer depends on what exactly you are using, Akamai Net Storage or more traditional Edge Services.
It also depends on what API is available for you to invalidate/purge (or rather to request Akamai to purge)
globally distributed Akamai Objects. When you know that you can plan (for example) an External Task that
makes corresponding requests.

Note that I do not think that you can get all this from Open Deploy alone. Even if you use simple
"Source URL" Server | Edge Server Schema and deploy to corporate "Source URL", the deletion of the
File from "Source" will not on itself cause its removal from Akamai cloud.

We are using Akamai Edge services. They have provided us the script for purging.
Please advise now, how I can move further and is it really possible to delete the file from Akamai server if we are using above services?

Adam Stoller

We are using Akamai Edge services. They have provided us the script for purging.
Please advise now, how I can move further and is it really possible to delete the file from Akamai server if we are using above services?

If they've provided you a script for purging assets from their servers, and you know the argument(s) you need to provide to that script to make it work, you should be able to construct an after-deployment DNR script that can process the in-memory log information to determine which (if any) files were deletions and then use that information to construct the command line (or whatever) for the Akamai script to initiate the purging of those assets there.

ShashankJain

I believe akamai must have given you urls for clearing the cache.

After execution of your Deployment with doDeletes=yes , you can make an http request from the dnr file at target servers to clear the cache of akamai, and then you will see them deleted from the akamai as well and would not reflect at your site.