Key Features of using Google Cloud CDN
Google Cloud CDN offers below features that enhance content delivery:
- Caching:The CDN caches content, at edge locations reducing the need to retrieve it from the origin server each time a user requests it. This results in content delivery.
- Global Network:With its network of data centers Google leverages this network to serve content from the nearest edge location minimizing data travel distance.
- SSL/TLS Support: Google Cloud CDN provides SSL/TLS termination, enabling content delivery through encryption.
- Integration with HTTP(S) Load Balancing: By integrating CDN with Google Clouds HTTP(S) Load Balancing service incoming traffic can be distributed across instances in regions while benefiting from the caching capabilities of CDN.
- Anycast IP Addresses: To optimize content delivery performance the CDN utilizes Anycast IP addresses to route users to their edge location.
- Real Time Purging: Easily. Remove content from the CDN cache to ensure users receive up to date information promptly.
- Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection: Google Cloud CDN includes built in DDoS protection to safeguard applications against attacks.
- Analytics and Monitoring: Gain insights, into your content delivery performance using Google Cloud Monitoring and Logging tools.
To set up Google Cloud CDN you need to configure your origin server (where your content is hosted) create a service that supports CDN and adjust cache behavior cache keys and other relevant settings. With the help of Google Cloud CDN you can greatly improve your applications user experience by delivering content to users in a fast and responsive manner.
What is Google Cloud CDN?
Cloud CDN will cache the content at edge locations that are located around the world. By doing so, we can reduce the latency, which improves the performance of our applications. It will enable users to access the content from nearby edge locations, regardless of the app or website you have, there’s a reasonable probability that your users are dispersed across the globe and aren’t necessarily local to your servers.
This implies that the requests go over a wide area of the public internet, resulting in unpredictable and annoying user experiences. In this situation, Cloud CDN is useful.