🌐 CDN Setup Guide
Speed up your site globally with Content Delivery Networks
How CDN Works
A CDN distributes your content across multiple servers worldwide, serving users from the closest location.
Origin Server
Your main server (USA)
CDN Edge Servers
✨ CDN Benefits
Faster Load Times
Reduce latency by serving from nearest edge
Global Reach
Fast experience for users worldwide
DDoS Protection
Distribute traffic across network
Reduce Server Load
Cache content at edge locations
🏆 Popular CDN Providers
Cloudflare
Free tier available • Pro from $20/moMost popular CDN with excellent free tier. Includes security features and easy setup.
- Free SSL certificate
- DDoS protection
- Page Rules for caching
- Edge Workers for logic
AWS CloudFront
Pay-as-you-goEnterprise-grade CDN from Amazon. Great integration with AWS services.
- 410+ edge locations
- Lambda@Edge functions
- Real-time analytics
- Origin failover
Fastly
From $50/moDeveloper-focused CDN with instant purge and real-time logging.
- 150ms global purge
- VCL configuration
- Compute@Edge
- Real-time streaming logs
Bunny CDN
From $1/moBudget-friendly CDN with simple pricing and good performance.
- $0.01/GB pricing
- 114 PoPs
- Bunny Optimizer (images)
- Simple dashboard
🔧 CDN Setup Process
Choose Provider
Pick CDN based on needs and budget
Add Your Site
Enter domain and configure origin
Update DNS
Point DNS to CDN nameservers
Configure Cache
Set caching rules and TTLs
⚙️ Cache Configuration
🖼️ Static Assets
Cache images, CSS, JS for long periods.
📄 HTML Pages
Short cache or stale-while-revalidate.
🔌 API Responses
Short or no cache for dynamic content.
🔗 CDN & SEO Impact
Core Web Vitals
Faster TTFB and LCP improve CWV scores directly impacting rankings.
+20-40% LCPCrawl Budget
Faster response times allow Googlebot to crawl more pages.
2x Crawl RateUser Experience
Better UX metrics signal quality to search engines.
-30% Bounce Rate