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November 2013

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phpBB: Amazon CloudFront CDN Modification

November 1, 2013

As my forum, LotusElan.net, has grown and gone international, I have had to focus on performance. This is especially true for image attachments and avatars. My forum is an automotive forum and it is not unusual for us to have topics with 10 to 15 image attachments. For example here is a typical posting: What Does Your Elan Look Like?

I had looked at a variety of items, but kept coming back to a CDN. After investigating the cost and complexity, I decided to install Amazon’s CloudFront.

Why CloudFront?

  • Inexpensive (Costs about $2/month for a million images served)
  • Nice footprint of servers around the globe.
  • Uses a Server of Origin for loading assets Continue Reading…