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Cloudfront is a content delivery network (CDN) that improves performance and reduces latency. It distributes content through a global network of edge locations and regional edge caches. When a user requests content, they are routed to the closest edge location. If the content is cached there, it is delivered immediately. Otherwise, Cloudfront retrieves it from the origin server and caches it so future requests can be served faster. Regional edge caches act as an alternative to the origin to reduce load and cache content closer to users for improved performance.

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Cloudfront PDF

Cloudfront is a content delivery network (CDN) that improves performance and reduces latency. It distributes content through a global network of edge locations and regional edge caches. When a user requests content, they are routed to the closest edge location. If the content is cached there, it is delivered immediately. Otherwise, Cloudfront retrieves it from the origin server and caches it so future requests can be served faster. Regional edge caches act as an alternative to the origin to reduce load and cache content closer to users for improved performance.

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Session 1 : Aws Cloudfront and How it Works-Edge Location,Origin and Regional

Cache(Explanation)

• Amazon Cloudfront is a web service that gives businesses and web application developers an
easy and cost effective way to distribute content with low latency and high data transfer speed

Session 2 : Edge Location and Regional Edge Cache

• Cloudfront is a global service


• Amazon cloudfront is a webservice that speeds up distribution of our static and dynamic web
content,such as html,css,js,and image files to users
• Cloudfront delivers our content through a worldwide network of data centers called edge
locations
• When a user request content that we are serving with with cloudfront,the user is routed(via dns
resolution) to the edge location that provides the lowest latency,So that content is delivered with
the best possible performance
• If the content is already in th edge location with the lowest latency,cloudfront delivers it
immediately
• This dramatically reduces the number of networks that our users request must pass through,
which improves performance
• If not,cloudfront retrives it from an amazon s3 bucket or an HTTP/webserver that we have
identified as the source for the definitive version of our content(origin server)
• Cloudfront also keeps persistent connection with origin server so files are fetched from the origin
as quickly as possible

We can Access Amazon Cloudfront in the following ways :

• AWS management console


• AWS SDK
• Cloudfront API
• AWS CLI

Cloudfront Edge Locations

• Edge locations are not tied to available zones or regions


• Amazon Cloudfront has 216 point of presence(205 edge locations and 11 regional edge caches)
84 cities across 42 countries

Cloudfront - Regional Edge Caches :

• Amazon cloudfront has added several regional edge cache locations globally at close proximity
to our viewers
• They are located between our origin webserver and the global edge locations that serve content
directly to our viewers
• As objects become less popular individual edge locations may remove those objects to make
room for more popular content
• Regional edge cache working as a alternative of origin to reduce the burden of origin
• Regional edge cache have a large cache width than any individual edge location,so object
remian in the cache longer at the nearest regional edge caches

Cloudfront Regional Edge Cache -Working :

• When a viewer makes a request on our website or through our application,DNS routes the
request to the cloudfront edge location that can best serve the users request
• This location is typically the nearest cloudfront edge location in terms of latency
• In the edge location,cloudfront checks its cache for the requested files
• If the files are in the cache,cloudfront returns them to the user
• If the files are not n the cache,the edge servers go to the nearest regional edge cache to fetch
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the object
• Regional edge cache have feature parity with edge locations .EX : a cache invalidation request
removes an object from both edge caches and regional edge caches before it expries
• The next time a viewer request the object,cloudfront returns to the origin to fetch the latest
version of the object
• Proxy method PUT/POST/PATCH/OPTIONS/DELETE go directly to the origin from the edge
locations and do not proxy through the regional edge caches
• Dynamic content as determined at request time,does not flow through regional edge cache,but
goes directly to the origin

LAB :

Session 3 : AWS Cloudfront DEMO

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