Cloud CDN (Content Delivery Network) uses Google's globally distributed edge points of presence to cache external HTTP(S) load balanced content close to your users. Caching content at the edges of Google's network provides faster delivery of content to your users while reducing serving costs. Learn more

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Cloud CDN

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Improving Network Performance

Learn how to improve network performance with network performance using load balancers.

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Use cases

Explore use cases, reference architectures, whitepapers, best practices, and industry solutions.

Use case

Delivering HTTP and HTTPS content over the same published domain

Bind a reserved IP address to both the HTTP and HTTPS frontend configuration in the external HTTP(S) load balancer.

CDN load balancing HTTP HTTPS

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Reference architecture

Best practices for securing your applications and APIs using Apigee

Secure your applications and APIs using Apigee API management and Cloud Armor, reCAPTCHA Enterprise, and Cloud CDN.

CDN Cloud Armor

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Reference architecture

Hosting a static website

Configure a Cloud Storage bucket and Cloud CDN to host a static website for your domain

CDN Cloud Storage

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Reference architecture

Caching content from Compute origins

Create load balancer with Compute Engine backend backends and Cloud CDN.

CDN Compute Engine

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Reference architecture

Automating your setup with Terraform

Use Terraform to deploy a sample external HTTP(S) load balancer backend with Cloud CDN enabled.

CDN Compute Engine Terraform

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Reference architecture

Caching content from serverless products, such as Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, and App Engine

Create load balancer with serverless backends and Cloud CDN.

CDN serverless Cloud Run Cloud Functions App Engine

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Reference architecture

Setting up Cloud CDN with third-party object storage

Serve cached content that is hosted either on-premises or in another cloud.

CDN external origin third party

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Configuring Cloud CDN through Ingress

Configuring CDN for Kubernetes Ingress on Google Cloud.

CDN Ingress Kubernetes

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