CloudFront AWS lab

 AWS CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) service that delivers content to users with low latency and high transfer speeds. It caches content at edge locations around the world, reducing the distance data travels and improving performance.

1. Prerequisites

• An AWS account
• Content to be distributed (e.g., static website files, images, videos)

2. Create a Distribution

• Navigate to CloudFront: In the AWS Management Console, search for "CloudFront" and select the service.
• Create a distribution: Click on "Create distribution".
• Choose an origin: Select the origin of your content (e.g., S3 bucket, EC2 instance).
• Configure settings: Specify additional settings like default cache behavior, viewer protocol policies, and distribution settings.
• Create the distribution: Click "Create distribution".

creating a distribution in AWS CloudFront

3. Upload Content to Origin

• Access your origin: If your origin is an S3 bucket, use the AWS Management Console to upload your content.
• Make content publicly accessible: Ensure that your content is publicly accessible so CloudFront can distribute it.

4. Test the Distribution

• Get the distribution domain name: Copy the domain name of your CloudFront distribution.
• Access content: Use a web browser to access your content using the CloudFront domain name.
• Verify performance: Measure the performance of your content delivery using tools like CloudFront metrics or third-party performance testing tools.

testing a CloudFront distribution

Additional Steps

• Create custom behaviors: Configure custom behaviors for specific paths or files within your distribution.
• Use CloudFront functions: Extend CloudFront functionality with CloudFront functions.
• Optimize for performance: Implement best practices for optimizing content delivery, such as compressing images and using HTTP/2.
• Integrate with other AWS services: CloudFront can be integrated with other AWS services like AWS WAF for web application firewall and AWS Shield for DDoS protection.