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Is there a way of using HTTPS with Amazon's CloudFront CDN and CNAMEs?
We use Amazon's CloudFront CDN with custom CNAMEs hanging under the main domain (static1.example.com). Although we can break this uniform appearance and use the original ...
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Looking for a CDN
Most of the CDN's that I've seen require you to upload your content in advance. I'm looking for a CDN that, upon receiving a request for a resource it hasn't seen, will contact my application server. ...
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Are there any issues using amazonaws.com uri for Cloudfront?
Assume that I have created a Cloudfront distribution for a S3 bucket.
Does it matter if you use the aws uri such as bucket-name.s3.amazonaws.com verses using d2a3tewy8xuw6.cloudfront.net? Are there ...
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Students publishing their websites to Amazon S3
I want students to publish their static websites to Amazon S3. But I can't have them all create AWS accounts because it requires their credit cards even for the free usage tier. I don't mind letting ...
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Can Amazon Cloudfront files be served GZIP'd?
If i'm running a WordPress website with the W3TC plugin installed, and have my static CSS/JS minified files hosted on Amazon's CDN, is there a way to serve them GZIP'd?
I have the basic understanding ...
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Shared to Dedicated or Amazon CloudFront to improve performances and keep secured?
I have a Wordpress which currently takes about 1.8s to 2.5s for the home page to completely load in my country. The page weight is about 700Ko (static content included).
In order to increase ...
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Why am I getting messages from cloudfront in my error log?
I frequently have messages like this in my websites error log:
"Script error.". URL: https://e3m4drct5m1ays.cloudfront.net/items/loaders
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Price of Amazon CloudFront vs dedicated server?
I am trying to estimate my monthly bill for Amazon CloudFront.
Let's say I need 1'000 GB/month transfer. The price calculator give me a bill of $120.
That's totally overpriced. If I buy a dedicated ...
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What's the best way to version CSS and JS URLs - part 3
this is a follow up question to this one What's the best way to version CSS and JS URLs - part 2
If I have my static files on Amazon cloudfront and have the file's URLs mentioned in my code. How will ...
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Can you use Amazon CloudFront without S3? [closed]
On the CloudFront pricing page they charge for data out, and HTTP requests. There is no say on costs for data in. They also mention that you can use any web server as an origin server.
I'm ...
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Cloud computing - database loading question [closed]
Following is the situation, I want to know whether what I want is possible in cloud computing and is it the best way for me:
1) My main site has a Database with tables with millions of rows, and ...
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Who can critique my site architecture? [closed]
I'm designing a website and trying to decide on the technologies to use. Cloud (amazon) vs traditional server setup and the different technologies that could be put down on each.
If I typed up 2 or ...
