AWS Networking & Content Delivery

Amazon CloudFront

Global content delivery network (CDN) that delivers websites, video and APIs with low latency.

What is Amazon CloudFront?

CloudFront caches your website, images, video and APIs at edge locations worldwide, so users load content from a location near them. It also terminates HTTPS and can shield your origin from attacks.

Key features

  • Global edge network
  • Free TLS certificates via ACM
  • Integration with WAF and Shield
  • CloudFront Functions and Lambda@Edge
  • Origin shield and caching controls

What it is used for

  • Faster websites worldwide
  • Video delivery
  • Protecting origins

When to use it

  • Faster websites for visitors anywhere
  • Serving downloads and video
  • Protecting origin servers

When something else fits better

  • Purely internal applications
  • Content that can never be cached and is only used in one region

How pricing works

Charged for data transferred out and requests, with a monthly free tier; flat-rate plans are also available. Prices change and differ by region; we confirm current costs for your setup before you commit.

Equivalent on Google Cloud

The closest Google Cloud service is Cloud CDN & Media CDN: content delivery on Google's edge network for websites, downloads and video.

How DomainHostly helps with Amazon CloudFront

  • Plan: choose the right setup, size and region for your workload and budget.
  • Set up securely: configure Amazon CloudFront with least-privilege access, encryption and backups where they apply.
  • Migrate: move from shared hosting, your own servers or the other cloud with minimal downtime.
  • Run and optimise: monitoring, updates and regular cost reviews so you only pay for what you use.

Networking & Content Delivery: Private networks, DNS, load balancing, CDN and connectivity between your sites and the cloud.

What to consider: Networking & Content Delivery

  • Plan IP ranges up front so networks can connect to your offices and each other later without overlaps.
  • Put databases and internal services in private subnets; expose only load balancers or CDNs publicly.
  • Watch data-transfer (egress) charges; a CDN often reduces both cost and latency.

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