Fastly image optimization
Fastly image optimization (Fastly IO) provides real-time image manipulation and optimization to speed up image delivery and simplify maintenance of image source sets for responsive web applications. Once configured Fastly IO provides the following image optimization features:
- Force lossy conversion
- Deep image optimization
- Adaptive pixel ratios
- Support for common image formats: PNG, JPEG, GIF, and WebP
Before you enable and configure the Fastly IO option, you must set up your Fastly service and configure Origin shielding.
Based on your configuration settings, the Fastly Image Optimization (Fastly IO) snippet inserts the VCL code to perform the image optimization that speeds up product image delivery in the storefront. There are three steps to configure the Fastly IO: Enable, Configure, and Verify.
Enable Fastly IO
Enable Fastly image optimization (Fastly IO) from the Admin panel by uploading the Fastly IO VCL snippet. The snippet provides the Fastly configuration instructions to process all images