CDN for React
React ships JavaScript. The edge should ship it first.
React apps depend on a handful of large JS and CSS files. If those files live in one region, every new session pays that RTT.
Cache hashed bundles at Cloud CDN with long TTLs. Serve index.html with purge on deploy. Keep BFF and API routes dynamic.
Why teams use Aptranet
What CDN for React 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.
Bundles at 210+ PoPs
JS, CSS and fonts are served with 30 ms average worldwide latency.
index.html under your control
Purge the shell on release so clients pick up the new hashed filenames.
Static media beside the app
Public images and downloads use the same distribution.
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.
- 1Upload or host the React build
Any HTTPS origin that serves the production build is enough.
- 2Long-cache hashed assets
Fingerprinted files can live at the edge until the filename changes.
- 3Purge the HTML shell on deploy
Invalidate index.html and any unhashed paths in CI.
- 4Attach the app hostname
Enable TLS and point DNS at the distribution.
Outcomes
What changes once the hostname is on Aptranet.
- React bundles are delivered globally
- Deploys purge the HTML shell
- APIs stay on the origin
- Images and fonts share the same edge
Keep reading
Related pages
More CDN use cases on the same Cloud CDN footprint.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Cloud CDN cares about the files, not the bundler.
Cache anonymous HTML. Bypass session-specific render output. See also CDN for Next.js and Remix.
Configure origin fallback to index.html for app routes, then cache that HTML carefully.
Static GETs can. Authenticated APIs should bypass cache or use a separate hostname.