Domain 3: Technology - AWS Global Infrastructure Flashcards
1
Q
Edge Location
A
Separate from an AWS region
The location where content will be cached
2
Q
CDN Origin
A
Origin of the files to be distributed by the CDN
3
Q
What is a CDN?
A
Content Delivery Network
Cache Locations (Edge)
Cache files from an origin on first request
Edge Locations all over world
Reduces stress on wen servers
4
Q
What is a Cloudfront Distribution?
A
Specifies where you want your content origin and how to track and manage content delivery
5
Q
How can Cloudfront support dynamic content?
A
It accepts query string parameters and matches them to a cached response
6
Q
What are possible Cloudfront Origin types?
A
S3 Bucket
EC2 Instance
Elastic Load Balancer
Route 53
Your own web server
