CloudFront Flashcards
1
Q
What is CloudFront ? CDN ?
A
Content Delivery Network for making website fast by delivering cached versions of content from nearest edge location.
2
Q
TTL in cloudfront ?
A
Define how long the object lives in cache
3
Q
Refreshing cloudfront data causes charge?
A
Yes as have to be propagated to all edge locations
4
Q
Origin and Distribution in cloudfront ?
A
Origin is the source like S3 bucket and distribution is the network of edge locations
5
Q
Controlling access ?
A
Signed URLs and cookies can be used to control access to stuff
6
Q
Lambda Edge ?
A
For performing functions in and out of edge location. Egs authentication.
