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I was expecting to read about how to set up the infrastructure to run my own CDN infrastructure for free (hard to believe is possible, so I clicked). Instead,

by cj 5y ago

I was expecting to read about how to set up the infrastructure to run my own CDN infrastructure for free (hard to believe is possible, so I clicked). Instead, it's an article about how to use Cloudflare to deliver static assets for free, on Cloudflare's free tier. Edit: I would love to read more about how to set up a cheap self-managed CDN, perhaps using cheap VPS servers spread out in different regions.

vbernat 5y ago
This link may be of interest: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/build-your-own-anycast-network-9-steps-samir-jafferali/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/build-your-own-anycast-networ...
- cmroanirgo 5y ago
  I've been wanting the browsers to support SRV dns records for quite some time now. Unfortunately, both firefox and chrome have bugs in the WONTFIX status. The reasons for these statuses given are poor imo, but the implementation could add an extremely interesting dynamic to the internet. It would be easy to set up vps around the world and let SRV records set up in a round robin manner control it. Will it be as good as a bgp controlled one? Unlikely, but it would be 100% in your control and easy to set up, unlike going cloudflare. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14328 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14328 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=22423 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=22423
  - teddyh 5y ago
    SRV support seems to have been (unfairly, I think) rejected by HTTP vendors and standard bodies. There is a new standard, however, in the works: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-dnsop-svcb-https-08 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-dnsop-svcb-... https://github.com/MikeBishop/dns-alt-svc https://github.com/MikeBishop/dns-alt-svc This one might have a larger chance of being accepted, since it provides some things which HTTP standard bodies and HTTP client vendors want. It doesn’t (at this stage, anyway) provide for the load-balancing “weight” field from the SRV record, but it does support MX-style priority numbers, and also port numbers. Very interesting, to say the least.
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lewisl9029 5y ago
Indeed, I was expecting something like this: https://fly.io/blog/the-5-hour-content-delivery-network/ https://fly.io/blog/the-5-hour-content-delivery-network/ Good thing it already exists!
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ignoramous 5y ago
> I would love to read more about how to set up a cheap self-managed CDN. See also: https://blog.apnic.net/2021/04/07/building-an-open-source-anycast-cdn/ https://blog.apnic.net/2021/04/07/building-an-open-source-an...

by cj 5y ago

vbernat 5y ago

This link may be of interest: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/build-your-own-anycast-network-9-steps-samir-jafferali/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/build-your-own-anycast-networ...

cmroanirgo 5y ago
I've been wanting the browsers to support SRV dns records for quite some time now. Unfortunately, both firefox and chrome have bugs in the WONTFIX status. The reasons for these statuses given are poor imo, but the implementation could add an extremely interesting dynamic to the internet. It would be easy to set up vps around the world and let SRV records set up in a round robin manner control it. Will it be as good as a bgp controlled one? Unlikely, but it would be 100% in your control and easy to set up, unlike going cloudflare. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14328 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14328 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=22423 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=22423
- teddyh 5y ago
  SRV support seems to have been (unfairly, I think) rejected by HTTP vendors and standard bodies. There is a new standard, however, in the works: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-dnsop-svcb-https-08 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-ietf-dnsop-svcb-... https://github.com/MikeBishop/dns-alt-svc https://github.com/MikeBishop/dns-alt-svc This one might have a larger chance of being accepted, since it provides some things which HTTP standard bodies and HTTP client vendors want. It doesn’t (at this stage, anyway) provide for the load-balancing “weight” field from the SRV record, but it does support MX-style priority numbers, and also port numbers. Very interesting, to say the least.

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lewisl9029 5y ago

Indeed, I was expecting something like this: https://fly.io/blog/the-5-hour-content-delivery-network/ https://fly.io/blog/the-5-hour-content-delivery-network/ Good thing it already exists!

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ignoramous 5y ago

> I would love to read more about how to set up a cheap self-managed CDN. See also: https://blog.apnic.net/2021/04/07/building-an-open-source-anycast-cdn/ https://blog.apnic.net/2021/04/07/building-an-open-source-an...