Amazon CloudFront

Amazon CloudFront now supports AWS Lambda Web Functions as an origin

Starting today, you can deliver web applications built on AWS Lambda Web Functions through CloudFront's global edge network.

Dynamic Image Transformation for Amazon CloudFront adds four new features

Today, AWS announced four new features for Dynamic Image Transformation for Amazon CloudFront (DIT), an AWS supported solution that helps customers transform images in response to their needs.

Amazon CloudFront announces API support for flat-rate pricing plans

Starting today, customers can subscribe and manage flat-rate pricing plans programmatically using the AWS CLI, AWS SDKs, CloudFormation, CDK, or the PricingPlanManager API.

Amazon CloudFront now supports Origin Access Control (OAC) for Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points

Starting today, customers can protect their origins using Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points (MRAP) by using CloudFront Origin Access Control (OAC) to only allow access from designated CloudFront distributions.

Amazon CloudFront Functions now supports logging to CloudFront access logs

You can now write custom data directly into CloudFront access logs using a new helper method available from within CloudFront Functions. CloudFront Functions run lightweight JavaScript at the edge for tasks like URL rewrites, header manipulation, and request routing.

AWS WAF announces AI traffic monetization

Today, AWS WAF announced AI traffic monetization, a new Bot Control capability that lets you price, meter, and collect payment from AI bots and agents accessing your content and APIs.

Amazon CloudFront announces support for OCSP Revocation for Mutual TLS (Viewer)

Amazon CloudFront now supports Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) revocation checking for viewer mTLS, enabling you to validate client certificate revocation status in real time during connection establishment.

Amazon CloudFront announces Passthrough Mode for mutual TLS (Viewer)

Amazon CloudFront now supports passthrough mode for mutual TLS (mTLS) viewer authentication, allowing CloudFront to forward client certificates to the origin without verifying the certificates on CloudFront.

Amazon CloudFront Premium flat-rate plan now supports configurable usage allowances

Previously, the Amazon CloudFront Premium flat-rate plan supported a single usage allowance, and customers who outgrew it needed to contact us to discuss custom pricing options.

Amazon CloudFront Announces WebSocket Support for VPC Origins

Amazon CloudFront now supports WebSockets traffic through Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) origins, enabling you to use CloudFront as the single entry point for real-time applications hosted entirely in private subnets.

Amazon CloudFront now supports invalidation by cache tag

Amazon CloudFront now allows you to invalidate cached objects by cache tag, enabling you to remove groups of related content from CloudFront edge locations with a single invalidation request.

Amazon EC2 for SQL Server HA now supports health notifications

Today, AWS announced that you can now receive notifications through the AWS Health Dashboard when Amazon EC2 for SQL Server cannot detect a valid SQL Server High Availability (HA) status.

Amazon CloudFront now supports SHA-256 for signed URLs and signed cookies

Amazon CloudFront now supports SHA-256 as a hash algorithm for creating signed URLs and signed cookies.

Amazon CloudFront now supports BYOIP for IPv6 through VPC IPAM integration

Amazon CloudFront now supports bringing your own IPv6 addresses (BYOIP) for Anycast Static IPs via VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM).

Amazon CloudFront announces mutual TLS support for origins

Amazon CloudFront announces support for mutual TLS authentication (mTLS) for origins, a security protocol that enables customers to verify that requests to their origin servers come only from their authorized CloudFront distributions using TLS certificates.