CloudFront

Building a Global CDN with AWS CloudFront and S3

When a user in Mumbai downloads an image hosted on a server in Virginia, they experience latency — every request crosses the globe. A Content Delivery Network (CDN) solves this by caching content at edge locations worldwide. In this guide, you'll build your own CDN using AWS CloudFront and S3, delivering content with low latency and high availability. What you'll learn * What a CDN is and how it reduces latency * CDN architecture: origins, edge locations, and caching * Setting up S3