Understanding Amazon CloudFront Architecture
Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) that delivers static and dynamic content reliably, securely, and efficiently. This course will teach you the basic principles of CDN and the fundamentals of Amazon CloudFront's key components.
What you'll learn
Delivering content securely, reliably, and efficiently to a global audience is a critical concern for businesses and developers who manage websites or applications with users spread across different regions. Without a proper understanding of Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) like Amazon CloudFront, organizations may struggle with high latency, inconsistent performance, security vulnerabilities, and unreliable content delivery. In this course, Understanding Amazon CloudFront Architecture, you’ll learn the role of CDN in content delivery and how Amazon CloudFront delivers content efficiently across the globe. First, you’ll explore the need for a content delivery network. Next, you’ll discover the benefits of using Amazon CloudFront and some of the common use-cases. Finally, you’ll learn the key architectural components of Amazon CloudFront. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge needed to gain a foundational understanding of Amazon CloudFront that will help you build architecture that serves content securely, reliably, and efficiently to a global audience.
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About the author
Pawan Puthran is a Serverless Specialist at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He specializes in AWS Serverless technology like AWS Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, Amazon CloudFront & AWS AppSync. He has been an AWS user since 2015 and has architected and implemented many scalable backend systems running on AWS. He also holds an expertise on Serverless Observability, Operations and helps his customers, build highly scalable, reliable, cost-effective cloud based applications. Pawan has spoken at various p... more