CDN Beginner Guide: How CDN Works and Configuration Tutorial
CDN is one of the most effective ways to improve website speed. This article explains CDN working principles and guides you through basic CDN configuration.
CDN is one of the most effective ways to improve website speed. This article explains CDN working principles and guides you through basic CDN configuration.
CDN and caching are the two core methods for website acceleration. This article shares proven cache configuration strategies and performance tuning methods.
Optimize images with a CDN — WebP/AVIF conversion, resizing and quality control, responsive images, and image CDN practice to boost loading and LCP.
How HTTP/3 and QUIC accelerate the web — 0-RTT, true multiplexing, connection migration, and no head-of-line blocking, plus CDN and origin deployment tips.
How DNS smart resolution and CDN routing work — GSLB, geographic and ISP lines, TTL, Anycast, and DNS-based splitting for faster nearby access.
A deep dive into the CDN request chain — edge nodes, origin fetch, cache hits, Anycast, and global delivery, with practical deployment advice from 16IDC.
A complete CDN acceleration guide — cache strategy by content type, Cloudflare and Nginx configuration, origin optimization, hit-ratio analysis, multi-CDN, monitoring, a real case and FAQ.