Amazon CloudFront Announces WebSocket Support for VPC Origins
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This article announces WebSocket support for Amazon CloudFront VPC origins, enabling real-time applications in private subnets.
- CloudFront now supports WebSocket traffic through VPC origins
- Enables real-time applications like chat, collaborative editing, dashboards, IoT management
- Origins can remain in private subnets, eliminating public subnet exposure
- Supports ALB, NLB, and EC2 instances serving WebSocket traffic
- Reduces attack surface and simplifies security management
- Includes built-in DDoS protection
- No additional cost for WebSocket traffic
- Available in all AWS Commercial Regions supporting VPC origins
CloudFront now provides a unified entry point for both HTTP and WebSocket traffic, improving security and operational simplicity for real-time applications.
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