Features¶

The following are the features of Front End Hosting - Basic:

• Content Delivery Network (CDN) integration

  Integrates with CDN using a third-party tool to distribute web content efficiently. The third-party tool is Fastly.

• Real-time monitoring and retrieval of balancer logs
  • Supports downloading of historical balancer server logs for offline analysis.

  • Supports streaming of log data in real-time for live monitoring.

    For more information, visit About Cloud Platform logging.

• High availability configuration

  Maintains dual-replica instances across all environments to ensure high availability.

• Provisioning of three default environments

  Provisions three default environments, Development (Dev), Staging (Stg), and Production (Prod) with the option to purchase additional environments.

• Automated cache clearing
  • Offers Varnish and CDN cache clearing post-deployment, and cache invalidation based on TTL (Time-To-Live) configurations at the CDN level through Fastly.
  • Supports manual cache clearance.

• Code Studio integration

  Allows customers with Code Studio subscriptions to use it for CI/CD with SSG hosting to streamline the building and deployment phases for SSG artifacts.

Limitations¶

The following are the limitations of Front End Hosting - Basic:

• Does not provide auto-scaling
• Does not support artifacts exceeding 10GB
• Does not provide Node.js runtime which means it cannot host Node.js applications, connect with a Drupal backend, or perform Server-Side Rendering (SSR) functions.

• Limits support to Node.js versions that are currently in the Long Term Support (LTS) and maintenance phases

  For version compatibility, visit Node.js Version Support Table.

• Supports only NPM package manager for building and installing dependencies
• Does not have any compliance certifications, which may affect users who need to adhere to specific regulatory standards.