> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fivemesh.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Set up FiveMesh CDN

> Create your CDN workspace, choose a public path name and prepare starter folders.

FiveMesh CDN is for public assets that your FiveM server, scripts or player-facing UI need to load from stable URLs.

Use it for files such as inventory images, phone media, tablet media, mugshots, loading screen assets and other public uploads.

## Prerequisites

Before you set up CDN, confirm:

* The active workspace has trial or subscription access.
* You have permission to create or administer CDN in the active workspace.
* You know the public path name you want for this workspace.

## Create the CDN workspace

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open CDN">
    In the dashboard sidebar, open **CDN**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose the workspace name">
    Enter the **CDN workspace name**.

    Use lowercase letters, numbers and hyphens. The name must be 3 to 48 characters and becomes part of your public CDN paths.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose setup mode">
    Select **Start now** to create the workspace without starter folders, or select **Preconfigure folders** to prepare common paths during setup.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review prepared paths">
    If you preconfigure folders, choose server directories, script media folders and whether to include `/uploads`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Complete setup">
    Click **Complete setup**. FiveMesh prepares the selected folders for the object browser.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  The CDN workspace name can only be set during setup. Choose it carefully before completing setup.
</Warning>

## Folder planning

The setup flow can prepare folders for:

* Server asset directories.
* Phone media.
* Tablet media.
* Mugshots.
* General `/uploads`.

If one shared media folder is enough, keep the all-in-one structure. If each server needs isolated media, split media folders by server.

## Retention intent

During setup, FiveMesh can save TTL policies for selected media folders. A TTL policy records how long objects under a path should be kept.

<Note>
  TTL policies are saved as settings. They express retention intent for the workspace and can be adjusted later from CDN settings.
</Note>

## Next steps

* Upload files from the [object browser](/cdn/object-browser).
* Add or change retention intent in [CDN settings](/cdn/settings).
* Create scoped service keys from [API keys](/account/api-keys) if scripts need CDN access.