Acquia Edge Standard is a streamlined Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Web Application Firewall (WAF) solution designed to enhance the performance and security of your websites. It operates by routing your site traffic through a secure network, where it performs functions such as caching content to reduce load times, and protects against common web threats, and provides detailed insights into your site's traffic.

Key features¶

• Content Delivery Network (CDN): Improves site performance and speed by caching content closer to your users. This reduces latency and bandwidth consumption.
• Web Application Firewall (WAF): Provides robust security against a range of threats, including Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Top 10 vulnerabilities, Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks, and malicious bot traffic.
• Centralized management: The unified Acquia-owned console provides a single point of control for the management of all CDN and WAF settings for your domains.
• Detailed analytics: Provides insights into your site's performance and security with real-time metrics on traffic, threats, and caching.

Prerequisites ¶

Ensure that the Acquia Purge module is installed on your Acquia Cloud application. This module is required for cache purging functionality to work correctly with Acquia Edge Standard.

• Install Acquia Purge: Ensure the latest version of the module is installed. For detailed installation steps, review the official documentation.

Limitations¶

Acquia Edge Standard  has the following limitations:

• Hosting requirement: Edge Standard is for domains hosted by Acquia only.
• Product incompatibility: This offering is not available for customers who use Acquia Site Factory (ACSF) or Acquia Source.