Syllaro Academy

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Edge Locations and Amazon CloudFront

Learn what edge locations are, how Amazon CloudFront uses them as a content delivery network to serve content close to users, and the performance, security, and cost benefits this brings.

Beginner 15 minutes 5 Learning Objectives
  1. Define an edge location and explain how it differs from a Region
  2. Explain what a content delivery network (CDN) is and what Amazon CloudFront does
  3. Describe how CloudFront serves a request, including cache hits and origin fetches
  4. Explain the role of regional edge caches
  5. Identify the performance, security, and cost benefits of CloudFront