Networking and Content Delivery
Amazon CloudFront
A content delivery network that caches and serves content from edge locations closer to viewers.
Key points
- CloudFront uses distributions and edge locations to reduce latency and origin load.
- Origins can include Amazon S3, load balancers, and web servers.
- Caching behavior and content delivery are distinct from DNS resolution.
Best-known use cases
- Deliver static or dynamic web content globally with lower latency.
- Reduce repeated requests to an origin through caching.
What candidates often confuse it with
- CloudFront is a CDN; Route 53 is DNS.
- S3 stores objects; CloudFront distributes content from an origin such as S3.
Key Cloud Practitioner takeaway
Caching content near global viewers points to CloudFront.
Related services
- Amazon Route 53
- Amazon S3
Relevant exam tasks
- D3.2
- D3.5