Amazon CloudFront Design Patterns

In this lesson, we will be looking at Amazon CloudFront design patterns. We will begin by discussing some of CloudFront's key features before discussing two patterns:

• Pattern 1 – Using CloudFront to cache and secure content when an Application Load Balancer is the origin
• Pattern 2 – Using CloudFront to cache and secure content when an S3 bucket is the origin

Learning Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you will have a greater understanding of:

• Amazon CloudFront's role in performance and security
• Common CloudFront design patterns

Intended Audience

Anyone working with AWS Networking will benefit from this lesson, as well as those who are:

• Studying for the AWS Networking Specialty certification
• Studying for the AWS Solutions Architect certifications

If you want to increase your AWS knowledge, this lesson is for you.

Prerequisites 

Before attending this lesson, you should be familiar with Amazon Networking features such as VPCs and Elastic Load Balancers and have a basic understanding of Amazon CloudFront. Experience using Amazon S3 to store static website content would be an advantage.