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patmood
patmood

Reputation: 1585

Does a reverse proxy defeat the geographical benefits of a CDN?

This question has a great explanation of a reverse proxy, but if all requests go though a single server in front of a CDN, doesn't this defeat the purpose of having many CDN locations?

For context, I have a completely static website on a CDN but need to separate mobile traffic by user agent and handle those requests with a another server.

Edit: the site is hosted on Netlify, which I believe uses Cloudfront

Will routing all requests through a reverse proxy affect performance?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 651

Answers (1)

Robo
Robo

Reputation: 1032

Yes, using a reverse proxy in a single location in front will defeat the purpose of using a CDN.

Your best bet is to use your reverse proxy as your origin in cloudfront and forward the appropriate application headers then use your reverse proxy to decide what page to render based on those headers

Upvotes: 3

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