I am not really sure if its even possible, but is there some kind of Open-Source Self-Hosted CDN software? I’m new to this so please don’t bully me on the comments.
I am not really sure if its even possible, but is there some kind of Open-Source Self-Hosted CDN software? I’m new to this so please don’t bully me on the comments.
Hello! A CDN is just a webserver, with some extra configuration at the network level.
If you’re unfamiliar with how BGP routing works between Internet operators, all you have to know is that each operator (AS - Autonomous System) has links to others, and can decide:
A CDN is more or less an IP address announced from many places, pointing to different servers depending on where you access it from, but with a single TLS certificate for HTTPS. So if you try to reach it from AT&T, you’ll get traffic directed to a datacenter in USA, etc…
So, on a system level, it’s REALLY easy to deploy a CDN. It’s just a webserver. On a network level, it’s more complicated because you need your own IP block that’s announced on your own network. In fact, that’s not entirely true as you can find (very costly) network operators that’ll do that for you.
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This did explain to me what a CDN is/how it works yes! Thank you! I just have now to learn or try to understand exactly how could this possibly be set up.