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Learn File Servers and CDNs with S3 and CloudFront

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Lane Wagner

Instructor

Lane is a back-end engineer and the lead instructor of Boot.dev. He has taught over one million students worldwide, on Boot.dev, FreeCodeCamp, YouTube and the Backend Banter podcast. Lane worked as a backend engineer writing Go, Python and TypeScript, then moved into engineering management and a couple of years later left to build Boot.dev full-time.

24 hours

Completion

Certificate included

Format

Interactive coding

Freemium

What You'll Learn

Integrate AWS S3 into applications for scalable file storage

Configure S3 buckets for optimal performance and security

Implement versioning and access control for file management

Utilize presigned URLs for secure file access

Enable video streaming and manage large assets effectively

Overview

Learn how to integrate AWS S3 into your applications for scalable, secure, and durable file storage. This course covers the fundamentals of object storage, S3 bucket configuration, versioning, access control, presigned URLs, and more. Build a production-ready file storage system that handles large assets with ease.

Table of Contents
1
File Storage

Learn the fundamentals of file storage, including handling large files, multipart uploads, encoding formats, and best practices for managing and serving files in modern backend systems.

2
Caching

Learn how browsers cache assets and how to ensure fresh content delivery.

3
AWS S3

Learn AWS S3 basics, from single-machine setups to serverless architectures and object uploads.

4
Object Storage

Discover the fundamentals of object storage, how S3 simulates directories, and managing dynamic file paths.

5
Video Streaming

Learn how to enable video streaming with S3, handle MP4 files effectively, and explore alternative approaches for adaptive and live streaming.

6
Security

Understand S3 security essentials, from scoping permissions and private buckets to signed URLs and encryption for secure file storage.

7
CDNs

Learn about Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), specifically AWS CloudFront and how they can help improve the performance and security of your app.

8
Resiliency

Explore S3's resiliency features, including availability, reliability, durability, versioning, regional replication, and object deletion strategies.

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