CDN in Cloud

Introduction

CDN stands for Content Delivery Network
It is a network of servers that deliver cached static content from websites to users based on the geographic location of the user.
The closer the CDN server is to the user geographically, the faster the content will be delivered to the user.

Prerequisite

Basic understanding of Cloud Computing
Basic understanding of Networking
Basic understanding of DNS

Use Case

CDN is used to deliver content to users based on their geographic location.
CDN is used to reduce latency and improve performance of websites.
CDN is used to reduce load on the origin server.
Video streaming services use CDN to deliver content to users.

Cloud Research

I went through the Microsoft Learn module on Azure CDN.
I went through the AWS Documentation on CloudFront.
I went through the Google Cloud Documentation on Cloud CDN.
I went through the Cloudflare Documentation on CDN.
I learnt about the different types of CDN.
I learnt about the benefits of using CDN.

Try yourself

I created a CDN endpoint using Azure CDN.
I created a CDN endpoint using CloudFront.
You can follow this link to create a CDN endpoint using Azure CDN.
You can follow this link to create a CDN endpoint using CloudFront.

☁️ Cloud Outcome

I learnt about CDN.
I learnt about the different types of CDN.
I was able to create a CDN endpoint

Next Steps

I will learn more about CDN.

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