Tag: Amazon CloudFront Functions

While maintaining a web application, sometimes we need to build a simple logic that must  run in low latency. For example, you may want to set up website redirection based on condition, or quickly verify an incoming header. CloudFront Functions is ideal for these use cases since it lets you write lightweight JavaScript code that […]

In this post, you’ll learn about the ‘multi-function packager’ framework that handles the assembly and execution of discrete Edge functions. Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) service that improves the performance, availability, and security of your application, allowing you to serve a consistent experience to your viewers globally. Lambda@Edge and CloudFront Functions are the […]

In this post, you’ll learn how to secure and accelerate the delivery of Drupal-based websites using Amazon CloudFront, AWS Web Application Firewall (AWS WAF), and Amazon CloudFront Functions. CloudFront is a content delivery network service (CDN) offering improved security and acceleration of the content served through it. This is true for static cacheable content and […]

At IMDb, we run a Federated GraphQL Gateway on AWS Lambda that backs our website and apps and handles over 10,000 peak TPS. For more information about how we built that, see our three posts: building GraphQL on Lambda, managing federated schemas, and monitoring and tuning. As our website adds more features that call GraphQL […]

Amazon CloudFront lets you securely deliver data, videos, applications, and APIs to your global customers with low latency and high transfer speeds. In today’s digital-first world with a worldwide customer base, it’s important to deliver digital assets to end users with the lowest possible load time. Mobile devices now account for approximately 70% of internet traffic [1]. […]

Introduction You may run into occasions where, due to sanctions from governmental organizations like OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control), you need to implement granular city-level embargos for your websites. This blog will walk you through an approach to achieving this using Amazon CloudFront geolocation headers and Amazon CloudFront Functions. Note that geographical restrictions at […]