Miserlou/Zappa

Add `cache_routes` setting // Automatic CloudFront Cache Creation

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#727 opened on Mar 20, 2017

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Description

It'd be great if we could automatically create CloudFront distributions for certain, pre-defined routes. For instance, if you have a non-dynamic landing page and blog, but you have a dynamic dashboard, you could define something like:

"cache_routes": [
    '/', 
    '/accounts/login/', 
    '/blog/*'
]

and then the homepage and the blog will load much faster as it won't have to wake up Django.

Brian has defined steps on how to do this manually here: https://jinwright.net/how-deploy-serverless-wsgi-app-using-zappa/ - I'm just proposing that we can do some of this automatically.

Thoughts?

Contributor guide

Tech stack
pythonaws
Domain
backendcloudperformance
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
AWS CloudFrontZappa configurationServerless routing
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Review the manual steps in the linked blog post for creating CloudFront distributions. Investigate Zappa's configuration system to add a new setting. Examine the codebase for route handling and integration points with the AWS CloudFront API.