leandromoreira/cdn-up-and-running resource

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A hands-on tutorial project that teaches how CDNs work by building one from scratch using Nginx, Lua, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana, and load balancing. It progresses from a single backend service to a multi-node, observable, and testable CDN with discussions of trade-offs.

Use cases

• learn how CDNs work by building one
• understand nginx and lua for edge caching
• set up prometheus and grafana monitoring for a proxy stack
• practice load balancing and traffic simulation with wrk
• study SRE concepts like caching, observability, and scaling
• build a multi-node reverse proxy lab with docker-compose

When to choose

• you want a practical, code-driven introduction to CDN internals
• you're learning nginx, OpenResty/Lua, or observability tooling
• you want a self-contained docker-compose lab for networking and caching concepts

When to avoid

• you need a production-ready CDN or commercial-grade edge delivery solution
• you want a managed service rather than an educational project
• you're not interested in hands-on setup with containers and Linux networking

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

caching monitoring load-testing http-server developer-tools developer-tools networking monitoring tutorials infrastructure-as-code lua cdn nginx openresty load-balancing sre docker-compose tutorial observability linux docker prometheus grafana

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