CloudFront Origin Types

Question 1

What are the two main types of origins in Amazon CloudFront?

Answer 1

Amazon S3 Bucket: For static content distribution.
Custom HTTP Origin: For dynamic content from HTTP servers such as EC2 or external web servers.

Question 2

How does CloudFront interact with an S3 origin?

Answer 2

It caches static content directly from S3, reducing the need to access the bucket once the content is cached at edge locations.

Question 3

What is an S3 origin in CloudFront?

Answer 3

S3 origins in CloudFront are used for distributing static files (like images, videos, and documents) stored in an Amazon S3 bucket, allowing efficient global content delivery with caching.

Question 4

What is a Custom HTTP origin in CloudFront?

Answer 4

Custom HTTP origins can be any web server (like EC2 instances or your own servers) that CloudFront accesses over HTTP or HTTPS to fetch dynamic or static content not stored on AWS.