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Explain is CloudFront

Explain is CloudFront

CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It delivers web content such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and image files to users globally with low latency and high transfer speeds. Cloud Front achieves this by caching copies of the content in various edge locations (data centers) around the world. When a user requests content, Cloud Front serves it from the nearest edge location, reducing the distance data must travel and thus speeding up delivery.

Cloud Front integrates with other AWS services, like S3 for storing static files, and can be used to distribute both static and dynamic web content. Additionally, it offers security features such as DDoS protection, SSL/TLS encryption, and AWS Shield integration.

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Java Example:

While Cloud Front is a service managed through the AWS Management Console, CLI, or SDK, you can programmatically manage Cloud Front distributions using the AWS SDK for Java. Here’s an example of how to create a Cloud Front distribution:

Example
```java
import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cloudfront.CloudFrontClient;
import software.amazon.awssdk.services.cloud front.model.*;

public class CreateCloud FrontDistribution {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        Region region = Region.AWS_GLOBAL; // Cloud Front is a global service
        CloudFrontClient cloud FrontClient = CloudFrontClient.builder()
                .region(region)
                .build();

        try {
            // Create the S3 origin
            S3OriginConfig s3OriginConfig = S3OriginConfig.builder()
                    .originAccessIdentity("origin-access-identity/cloud  front/E1234567890")
                    .build();

            Origin origin = Origin.builder()
                    .id("S3-origin-id")
                    .domainName("mybucket.s3.amazonaws.com")
                    .s3OriginConfig(s3OriginConfig)
                    .build();

            Origins origins = Origins.builder()
                    .items(origin)
                    .quantity(1)
                    .build();

            // Create the default cache behavior
            DefaultCacheBehavior cacheBehavior = DefaultCacheBehavior.builder()
                    .targetOriginId("S3-origin-id")
                    .viewerProtocolPolicy(ViewerProtocolPolicy.REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS)
                    .build();

            // Create the distribution configuration
            DistributionConfig distributionConfig = DistributionConfig.builder()
                    .enabled(true)
                    .origins(origins)
                    .defaultCacheBehavior(cacheBehavior)
                    .build();

            // Create the distribution
            CreateDistributionRequest request = CreateDistributionRequest.builder()
                    .distributionConfig(distributionConfig)
                    .build();

            CreateDistributionResponse response = cloud FrontClient.createDistribution(request);

            System.out.println("Distribution created with ID: " + response.distribution().id());

        } catch (Cloud FrontException e) {
            System.err.println(e.awsErrorDetails().errorMessage());
        } finally {
            cloud FrontClient.close();
        }
    }
}
```

This example shows how to create a Cloud Front distribution with an S3 bucket as the origin using the AWS SDK for Java. The distribution is configured to redirect HTTP requests to HTTPS

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