# Akamai

### Overview

Use Akamai Datastream2 to stream CDN logs directly into Agent Monitoring — real-time, high-throughput delivery over HTTPS.

For additional details about Datastream2, refer to Akamai’s official documentation.

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
Log in to Akamai Control Center and navigate to [DataStream](https://control.akamai.com/apps/data-stream-ui/#/streams/group/all) in the left sidebar. Click `Create a stream`

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{% endstep %}

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Select your property and click `Next`

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{% step %}
Select the following options in each section:

**Message Data**

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**Network Data**

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**Log Data**

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**Log Format**

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{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Fill authentication info:

* **Destination:** select **Custom HTTPS**.
* **Authentication:** select **BASIC**
* &#x20;**Endpoint URL:** `https://stream.getlimy.ai`
* **Username:** Fill your organization name.
* **Password:** Fill your API key
* Check **Send compressed data**.

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Select **JSON** as the **Log format**.

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**Push frequency:** select **30** seconds.

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Verify the configuration matches the following the click  `Save stream`

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Once the stream is created, activate it to start data flow, Click **Proceed to Property Manager** and select the property you created the stream for..

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{% step %}
Click **Edit a new version** to add the stream to the property.

Go to the **Property Configuration Settings**. \
Select **Standard property behavior** from the **+Behavior** dropdown.

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Search for **DataStream** and click **Insert Behavior**

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{% hint style="info" %}
The stream is saved as DataStream 1, but this is not the final configuration. Ignore it for now — version 2 will be selected in the next step.
{% endhint %}

{% endstep %}

{% step %}
Scroll down to the **DataStream** section and select:

* **Stream Version** → DataStream2
* **Enable** → On
* **Stream Name** → select the stream you created
* **Sample Rate** → 100% recommended

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{% endstep %}

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Select **Log Delivery** from the left sidebar and enable:

* **Log Host Header**
* **Log Referer Header**
* **Log User-Agent Header**

Keep everything else as-is.

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Save the configuration and activate the new version.
{% endstep %}
{% endstepper %}

### Need More Help?

* Contact `answers@limy.ai` for any further questions


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