CDN for Angular
Angular bundles should load from the nearest edge.
Angular SPAs and prerendered apps ship large hashed bundles. A single origin makes first load and lazy chunks slower than they need to be.
Cache / and hashed bundles at Cloud CDN. Serve index.html with a purgeable TTL. Keep API and authenticated XHR on the application origin.
Why teams use Aptranet
What CDN for Angular looks like on this network.
Cloud CDN caches and accelerates eligible content on 210+ points of presence, with Origin Shield when the origin must stay out of the way.
Hashed bundles worldwide
main, polyfills and lazy chunks are cached on 210+ PoPs.
Prerendered routes at the edge
SSG or prerender HTML can be cached and purged on release.
Same edge as Cloud DNS
Resolve and deliver the Angular hostname on the same 210+ location network.
How to set it up
A cutover you can validate before DNS moves.
Create the Cloud CDN configuration, prove it on an Aptranet hostname, then point production DNS when the path looks correct.
- 1Host the Angular build
Serve the dist output from any HTTPS origin.
- 2Cache hashed files for a long time
Fingerprinted JS, CSS and assets get long TTLs. index.html is purged on deploy.
- 3Configure SPA fallback if needed
Unknown paths can fall back to index.html at the origin or via hosting rules.
- 4Map the app domain
Attach TLS and cut over DNS after verifying the test hostname.
Outcomes
What changes once the hostname is on Aptranet.
- Angular bundles are cached globally
- index.html can be purged on each release
- API calls remain dynamic
- Prerendered routes can be edge-cached
Keep reading
Related pages
More CDN use cases on the same Cloud CDN footprint.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Cache shareable SSR HTML. Bypass responses that vary on cookies or session.
Keep Angular output hashing. Long-cache the hashed files and purge index.html on deploy.
Treat Universal as an origin. Cache anonymous rendered routes and keep user-specific routes dynamic.
Cache each locale path or hostname separately so locale bundles are not mixed.