CDN for Vue
Vue apps should not wait on a single static origin.
Vue production builds are static files. Hosting them in one place still leaves every lazy chunk and image far from most users.
Pull the Vue dist output through Cloud CDN. Long-cache hashed assets, purge index.html on deploy, and keep API traffic dynamic.
Why teams use Aptranet
What CDN for Vue 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.
Vite bundles at the edge
Hashed JS and CSS are served from 210+ locations.
Deploy-time HTML purge
The Vue HTML shell updates as soon as CI purges it.
Same network as Cloud DNS
Resolve the Vue hostname on Anycast DNS and deliver on the same footprint.
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 Vue dist directory
Use any HTTPS origin Cloud CDN can pull.
- 2Cache hashed files longer
Fingerprinted Vite assets get long TTLs.
- 3Purge index.html on release
Add a purge step to the Vue deploy pipeline.
- 4Map TLS and DNS
Attach the production hostname after a test pass.
Outcomes
What changes once the hostname is on Aptranet.
- Vue bundles are cached globally
- HTML shells purge on deploy
- API calls remain dynamic
- Lazy chunks load from a nearby PoP
Keep reading
Related pages
More CDN use cases on the same Cloud CDN footprint.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. Cache shareable SSR HTML. See CDN for Nuxt when you use the Nuxt framework.
Use a production origin, not a development preview server, as the CDN origin.
Hashed locale JSON can use long TTLs. Purge unhashed i18n files on deploy.
Avoid exposing source maps on the public distribution unless you intend them to be public.