Explore the Virtual Waiting Room Page
The VWRs waiting room page is a customizable HTML page that users see when they are directed to the waiting room. This page is served from Akamai NetStorage. and configured using the waitingRoomPath option in the VWRs EdgeWorker handleVwrsRequest() function.
Before uploading your waiting room HTML page to NetStorage account, you need to add a new storage group and create a new upload account.
Configuring the Waiting Room Page
After setting up your NetStorage account, you need to configure the waiting room page as a Conditional Origin in Akamai's property manager. This allows the waiting room HTML page to be served from the Akamai NetStorage.
To configure the conditional origin to use the waiting room path:
- Navigate to the property manager and add a conditional origin group rule. Configure the conditional origin with the following settings:
- Set the Origin ID to
waitingroom.
In the behaviors section:
Origin Server:
Set the Origin type to NetStorage.
Set the NetStorage Account to the appropriate account.
Caching:
Caching option: cache
Force revalidation of stale objects: Always revalidate the origin
Maxage: 10 minutes
