Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) that accelerates delivery of static and dynamic web content to end users.
CloudFront delivers content through a worldwide network of data centers called edge locations. When an end user requests content that you’re serving with CloudFront, the request is routed to the edge location nearest to the end user with the lowest latency.
CloudFront delivers content by leveraging the AWS global network that connects AWS edge locations to AWS regions. Moving the network traffic along the AWS network reduces latency and improves your application's security posture. Increase the reliability and availability of your web applications by having copies of your files cached at multiple edge locations across the globe.
Log in to AWS to setup CloudFront
AWS Free Tier includes 1 TB data transfer out. 10,000,000 HTTP and HTTPS requests plus 2,000,000 CloudFront Function invocations each month.
Create a distribution
Create a CloudFront distribution to tell CloudFront where you want content to be delivered from, and how to track and manage content delivery.
Start delivering content faster
Read Getting started with Amazon CloudFront to learn more about CloudFront distributions and use cases and start building.
Tutorials
Deliver content faster
Deliver content and decrease end-user latency using Amazon CloudFront
Amazon S3 distribution
Set up an Amazon CloudFront distribution for Amazon S3 to make your website load faster
Accelerate WordPress site
Improve user experience and accelerate site responsiveness by using CloudFront
Host a static website
Host a simple personal or marketing website on AWS
Get started with CloudFront Functions
Redirect users to different URLs and return custom response headers
Write Function Code
Write lightweight functions in JavaScript for high-scale, latency-sensitive CDN customizations
Create a simple Lambda@Edge function
Create and add simple Node.js functions that run in CloudFront
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AWS Training: Amazon CloudFront free online courses
AWS offers free online courses to help you learn how to architect solutions using Amazon CloudFront.
Learn more by browsing the training options below and visit here for all AWS CloudFront courses.
AWS Networking Basics
An overview of available network services and common use cases using these services
Introduction to Amazon CloudFront
Create and configure an Amazon CloudFront Cloud Distribution Network
Troubleshooting: CloudFront
Analyze response headers, monitor distributions, resolve common issues
Caching Static Files with Amazon CloudFront
Accelerate your static website, and improve your user’s experience
Streaming Dynamic Content using Amazon CloudFront
Use Amazon CloudFront to deliver a dynamic (multiple bit-rate) stream to a connected device
Deploy a Static Website using AWS Cloud Development Kit
Use AWS Cloud Development Kit to deploy a static website hosted in Amazon S3 and exposed through Amazon CloudFront
Build a Live Video Channel
Create a live streaming video workflow using AWS Elemental MediaLive, AWS Elemental MediaStore, and Amazon CloudFront
Videos
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Additional resources
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