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CloudFront: Content Delivery Network

AWS Cloud Practitioner to Architect: 0 to Hero

Amazon CloudFront

CloudFront is a fast Content Delivery Network (CDN) service that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency.

Key Concepts:

  • Edge Locations: Caching locations around the world.
  • Origin: Where the source files live (S3 bucket, EC2, or HTTP server).
  • Distribution: The name given to a setup of CloudFront.