For developers: Embrace CloudFront for its power, but always use custom domains to maintain your brand’s professionalism and resilience.
: It is frequently used to protect applications against DDoS attacks by leveraging AWS's global network and services like AWS WAF. cloudfront net
: You typically don't notice it; it just makes websites load faster. For developers: Embrace CloudFront for its power, but
Background and Motivation 2.1 CDN Fundamentals Background and Motivation 2
is the official domain for Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFront , a trusted content delivery network (CDN) used by millions of websites to load images, videos, and scripts faster by serving them from a server physically close to you.
| Term | Meaning | |------|---------| | | Source of truth (S3, EC2, ALB, HTTP server) | | Distribution | The CDN configuration (URL like https://xxxx.cloudfront.net ) | | Edge Location | Where cached content is stored | | TTL (Time To Live) | How long edge caches content | | Cache Behavior | Rules for paths (e.g., /images/* vs /api/* ) | | Invalidation | Removing cached files before TTL expires |