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Part 2: Networking, VPC & Traffic Routing (6 - 20)

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AWS Cloud Architecture•Part 2: Networking, VPC & Traffic Routing (6 - 20)

AWS Global Accelerator vs CloudFront.

In Simple Words:

  • CloudFront: CDN that caches static and dynamic HTTP content at 450+ global Edge Locations.
  • Global Accelerator: Uses AWS's private fiber network and Anycast static IPs to route traffic fast for both HTTP and non-HTTP protocols (TCP, UDP, gaming, VoIP) without content caching.
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# AWS Global Accelerator provisioning two static Anycast IPs:
resource "aws_globalaccelerator_accelerator" "game_accelerator" {
  name            = "gaming-accelerator"
  ip_address_type = "IPV4"
  enabled         = true
}