Amazon CloudFront
Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that securely delivers data, videos, applications, and APIs to customers globally with low latency and high transfer speeds. It integrates with other AWS services to provide a comprehensive solution for distributing content, including static and dynamic web content, streaming media, and APIs. CloudFront uses a global network of edge locations to cache content closer to end-users, improving performance and reducing load on origin servers.
Developers should use Amazon CloudFront when building web applications, streaming services, or APIs that require fast, reliable, and secure content delivery to a global audience, such as e-commerce sites, media platforms, or SaaS applications. It is particularly valuable for reducing latency, handling traffic spikes, and improving security with features like DDoS protection, SSL/TLS encryption, and AWS WAF integration. Learning CloudFront is essential for AWS-based architectures to optimize performance and cost-efficiency in cloud deployments.