CDN Certification Course
12 Modules
87 Lessons
About This Course
A comprehensive, vendor-agnostic course covering everything you need to know about Content Delivery Networks. From fundamentals to advanced topics, with hands-on exercises and real-world scenarios.
Whether you're a developer optimizing applications, a DevOps engineer managing infrastructure, or a technical leader making procurement decisions, this course will give you the expertise you need.
Course Curriculum
- What is a CDN? Offline Preview
- When to Use a CDN Offline
- How a CDN Works Offline
- CDN Vendor Types Offline
- Inside the CDN Offline
- The CDN Backbone Offline
- HTTP Essentials Offline Preview
- What is a CDN? Offline Preview
- Points of Presence (PoPs) Offline
- How a CDN Works Offline
- CDN Provider Landscape Offline
- DNS - The Glue Offline
- Module Quiz 18 questions
- Grasping Cache Fundamentals Offline
- Cache Hierarchy Offline
- Cache Hit vs Miss Offline
- TTL and Expiration Offline
- Cache Invalidation & Purging Offline
- Cache Keys & Variations Offline
- Basic Nginx Cache Setup Offline
- Varnish Configuration Offline
- Cache Optimization Offline
- Lab: Debug a Two-Tier Cache 40 min ยท 200 pts
- Lab: Publish a Fix Without Waiting for the TTL 45 min ยท 250 pts
- Module Quiz 11 questions
- Essential HTTP Headers Offline
- Cache-Control Deep Dive Offline
- ETag and Conditional Requests Offline
- Age, Date, and Timing Headers Offline
- Host Header & Origin Config Offline
- Compression Offline
- CNAME Setup & DNS Integration Offline
- Header Debugging Offline
- Lab: The Cache That Serves the Wrong Thing 45 min ยท 250 pts
- Module Quiz 8 questions
- CDN Procurement Overview Offline
- Evaluating CDN Providers Offline
- CDN Architecture Decisions Offline
- Cost Optimization Offline
- SLAs and Contracts Offline
- Migration Planning Offline
- Comparing CDN Quotes Offline
- Evaluating CDN Vendors Offline
- Running an RFP and a PoC Offline
- Procurement Scenarios Offline
- CDN Procurement Simulation Offline
- Module Quiz 14 questions
- Edge Computing Concepts Offline
- Video Streaming Optimization Offline
- API Acceleration Offline
- Anycast vs Unicast Offline
- Future of CDNs Offline
- Multi-CDN Architectures Offline
- Multi-CDN Debugging Offline
- Live Streaming with CDN Offline
- CDN Auditing Offline
- Advanced DNS Strategies Offline
- Multi-Tier Setup Offline
- CDN Debugging Offline
- Lab: Keep Serving When the Origin Dies 35 min ยท 200 pts
- Module Quiz 10 questions
- What is MultiCDN? Offline
- MultiCDN Architecture Offline
- Managing Vendor Differences Offline
- Traffic Switching: DNS, HTTP & Failover Offline
- Monitoring & Decision Engines Offline
- Cache Invalidation Across CDNs Offline
- Debugging MultiCDN Offline
- MultiCDN for Video Streaming Offline
- Module Quiz 8 questions