anyone using amazon for a cdn?

[Dmacleo]

I swore there were topics on it but I could not find them.

if anyone uses them for cdn could you explain how to set it up?

from what I read I first need to setup an S3 bucket and then cloudfront pulls from that?

[Royzee]

I tried them once, but didn't understand the setup.

After that I found I left something on that I shouldn't have, and ended up getting billed $1200 a month later. I didn't pay it, just told them it was their lack of instructions, and closed my amazon account permanently.

[Dmacleo]

thats it, not seeing succinct directions on what is needed. so much junk in google searches over it too.

I'll find it somewheres LOL

[Royzee]

Just keep an eye on the cost meter if that is possible.

[Dmacleo]

yeah for sure, however it may not be an issue as I see many say no difference between it and cloudflare for cdn for images/etc.

just want to see for myself.

[valendono]

LoL, dont use just for cloudfront (cdn) and the buckets, this aws features designed best for ec2 customer...

[Ae9803]

Ive used cloudfront, its pretty easy to setup. But the buckets, meh.

[Dmacleo]

so how did you set it up for cdn?

like i said not sure I will use it but wanted to at least look into it before ruling it out.

[handsoffsam]

CloudFront works well in front of IPB. Setup is simple enough. Bonus, if you're using EC2, you're not really spending much more (if any) to deliver the content from CloudFront as you would from your EC2 instance.

robert

[Dmacleo]

CloudFront works well in front of IPB. Setup is simple enough. Bonus, if you're using EC2, you're not really spending much more (if any) to deliver the content from CloudFront as you would from your EC2 instance.

robert

so could you explain how to set it up?

not using ec2 or anything here.

[craig1234]

I use the custom origin setup. It is very simple to setup. It must be simple, because I managed it.