# Cloudfront cdn with discourse?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Created:** [March 19, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439 "2022-03-19T13:43:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@freebie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/freebie)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/1 "2022-03-19T13:43:07Z")
Hey, I am a noob ☹. can someone help me add CloudFront CDN to my [forum](https://forum.royalityfree.com/)? Thanks for any help :jobs:
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/2 "2022-03-19T13:59:35Z")
Maybe do a search and find [Enable a CDN for your Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/enable-a-cdn-for-your-discourse/14857)? And if that doesn’t tell you what you need to know then you’ll need to go somewhere else to figure out cloudfront. [bunny.net](http://bunny.net) is very easy to figure out.
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### Author:  [@freebie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/freebie)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/3 "2022-03-19T14:00:41Z")
> [@pfaffman](#):
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> go somewhere else to figure out cloudfront. [bunny.net](http://bunny.net) is very easy to figure out.
I don;t have much of funds for that rn. Using aws free tier now.
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### Author:  [@itsbhanusharma](https://meta.discourse.org/u/itsbhanusharma)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/4 "2022-03-19T14:14:26Z")
Bunnycdn is cheaper than AWS free tier.
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### Author:  [@freebie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/freebie)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/5 "2022-03-19T14:24:19Z")
Any specific guide for aws cloudfront would be appreciated.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 4:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/6 "2022-03-19T16:35:49Z")
> [@freebie](#):
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> I don;t have much of funds for that rn. Using aws free tier now.
Will you have your forum next year too? It won’t be free anymore then.
But are you sure you need CDN at all? I mean it may help a little if you have global audience and a lot images, or you are using data center far away from your users — otherwise not so much.
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### Author:  [@freebie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/freebie)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 4:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/7 "2022-03-19T16:37:20Z")
> [@Jagster](#):
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> Will you have your forum next year too? It won’t be free anymore then.
Move to another free tier account? Or I’ll just pay from my adsense earning
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/8 "2022-03-19T16:49:50Z")
> [@freebie](#):
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> Or I’ll just pay from my adsense earning
With free web hosting top of a CDN of forum you really need some adsense revenue 😉
Sure. Using another free tier is one solution. But the main point is free tiers are meaningless when one will have an operation on years. So, it is more smart move to understand what real costs are and do you get any benefits.
It is not different than finding out VPS where free webhostings are served will cost, because that is not free either — compared to that any costs of CDN are near to nothing.
As @pfaffman said, it is easier to read docs first and then ask if something doesn’t work. It is not that difficult setup, even for noob — I did it, and I’m just another copypaster 🤣
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### Author:  [@freebie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/freebie)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/9 "2022-03-19T16:52:26Z")
> [@Jagster](#):
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> With free web hosting top of a CDN of forum you really need some adsense revenue 😉
Yep just earning $1 a day ☹
I will move to a DO droplet when I get the money.
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### Author:  [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2022, 9:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/10 "2022-03-20T09:10:42Z")
> [@freebie](#):
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> Yep just earning $1 a day
That’s awesome! So in 12 days you’ll have enough for a digital ocean droplet. You likely don’t need CDNs unless you’re getting so much traffic that the host is overworked.
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### Author:  [@freebie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/freebie)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2022, 12:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/11 "2022-03-20T12:19:07Z")
But hey, the address verification doesn’t come. And I have only made $13.71! 50 cents p/day now. LOL, downhill ☹.
Also, some twemoji icons look awkward..
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### Author:  [@freebie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/freebie)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/12 "2022-03-20T12:20:08Z")
Also, anyone knows how to disable `the your full name (optional)` user field on the whole site? I cant find any topic on that ☹
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### Author:  [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/13 "2022-03-20T12:57:06Z")
I’m not sure it can be removed.
If it can’t, it can be easily hidden with CSS I guess:
> [@Making custom CSS changes on your site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-make-css-changes-on-your-site/168101):
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> bookmark This guide explains how to make CSS changes on your Discourse site, including an introduction to CSS, where to add CSS in Discourse, and how to find the right selectors using browser inspection tools. person_raising_hand Required user level: Administrator Summary This guide covers: A brief introduction to CSS and key concepts How to add CSS to your Discourse site using theme components Using browser inspection tools to find the right CSS selectors Understanding CSS basics C…
Hmm also take a loot at the **enable\_names** site setting.
It may remove the field in the registration form too.
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### Author:  [@freebie](https://meta.discourse.org/u/freebie)
#### Post date: [March 20, 2022, 4:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cloudfront-cdn-with-discourse/221439/14 "2022-03-20T16:08:12Z")
Hey, I used the ads plugin, but ads just don’t show up! I followed this [How to Setup Google Adsense in Discourse (debugfactor.com)](https://debugfactor.com/how-to-setup-google-adsense-in-discourse/). No luck. Any help? Forum: [forum.royalityfree.com](http://forum.royalityfree.com)