CDN with Linode 2021
Hello,
what is the best practice for deploying a CDN using a Linode server now ? It looks like there is still no native solution using linode ?
Thanks a lot,
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watrick
Linode Staff
We've received requests like this in the past, though there is no news on if or when this might be something we do. That said, I added your request to our internal feature tracker for adding a CDN service.
In the meantime, there are many CDN options available to you. Here's a list of a couple of popular choices:
I personally use Amazon/AWS Cloudfront with Linode Object Storage and my server configured in a failover group.
If an object isn’t in the CDN’s cache, it tries my Object Storage bucket. If that gets an error (404, 500 etc.) it falls back to my server.
I have a script I run whenever I change the contents of the CDN-deployed assets which syncs my Linode Object Storage bucket with the server directory.
I have a custom domain, an AWS-managed SSL certificate, worldwide caching and it costs me… around 10 pence (~0.13c) a month!
It actually helps not having the CDN as part of Linode - in the rare event there is an issue with Linode’s network, chances are good the CDN has a copy cached already.
Amazon CDN does a nearest IP to the user lookup. Does Fastly or any other cloud service offer such a service as nearest lookup rather than simply round robin service?
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