Networking & Content Delivery

Category: Amazon CloudFront

Bringing delivery closer to end users with Amazon CloudFront Embedded POPs

Fifteen years ago, Amazon CloudFront launched with 14 edge locations scattered around the world.  Since then, it’s been exciting to see how quickly we’ve grown to now having over 600 CloudFront Points of Presence (POPs) in more than 100 cities and 50 countries worldwide. We have continued to build and innovate, finding new ways to […]

Programmatically deploying CloudFront distributions in AWS China Regions

Programmatically deploying CloudFront distributions in AWS China Regions

To operate websites, mobile apps, or services accessible to public users in China, companies should complete internet content provider (ICP) recordal and host systems on local servers or approved cloud servers located in mainland China. Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers AWS China Regions, two Regions situated in China that allow customers to host websites and […]

Automating CloudFront Continuous Deployment with a CI/CD Pipeline

In November 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced the launch of Amazon CloudFront continuous deployment, extending the functionality of your existing CloudFront distributions by allowing you to test and validate configuration changes to a percentage of live traffic before extending to your wider audience. Previously, customers had to do the heavy lifting of changing DNS […]

Introducing CloudFront Security Dashboard, a Unified CDN and Security Experience

Introducing CloudFront Security Dashboard, a Unified CDN and Security Experience

As security threats have become more sophisticated and easier to scale, customers increasingly use Amazon CloudFront and AWS WAF together to improve the performance, resiliency, and security of their web applications and APIs. CloudFront is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) that reduces latency by delivering data to viewers anywhere in the world using one of […]

Tracking pixel driven web analytics with Amazon CloudFront: Part 2

This post is a continuation of Tracking Pixel driven web analytics with AWS Edge Services. In Part 1 of this series, we discussed the usage of pixel tracking to provide insights into user behavior. A tracking pixel consists of using a 1×1 transparent pixel with a HTML element to leverage the loading call to send […]

QoS Observability for OTT Streaming using Amazon CloudFront

About QoS in OTT World and its importance In today’s digital era, the widespread availability of high-speed internet and an expanding range of streaming devices have made over-the-top (OTT) content an integral part of our daily lives. However, making sure of quality of service (QoS) for OTT content is a significant challenge for both content […]

Prepare and run Performance Tests for Amazon CloudFront with Real User Monitoring

Prepare and run performance tests for Amazon Cloudfront with Real User Monitoring

This blog post is written by Tanya Pahuja and Sumit Bhardwaj, Technical Account Managers – AWS Enterprise Support, with Karan Desai, Senior Solutions Architect, AWS For consumer-facing websites and mobile apps, the speed at which the content loads on the user’s screens directly impacts the user’s browsing experience and the success of your business. If […]

How to boost the performance and security of your dynamic websites with AWS edge services in a few steps

Customers use AWS edge services to improve the performance and the security of their websites. In certain cases, they appreciate being able to quickly set up a Content Delivery Network (CDN) and a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to stop a DDoS attack targeting their website, or to decrease page load times. And they prefer doing […]

Accelerate and protect your websites using Amazon CloudFront and AWS WAF

Internet users increasingly expect responsive web applications and APIs with lower latency and higher availability. Additionally, publicly accessible web applications and APIs are exposed to threats such as commonly occurring vulnerabilities described in the OWASP Top 10, SQL injection, automated requests, and HTTP floods (Denial of Service (DoS)) that can affect availability, compromise security, or […]

Securing Amazon API Gateway with secure ciphers using Amazon CloudFront

Enterprise customers have differing requirements based on a number of reasons including security, compliance, governance, and the industry they operate. In certain situations, customers are expected to adhere to certain protocols and standards that are non-negotiable. In this post, we explore how customers can specify TLS protocols and associated ciphers that are allowed from viewers […]