Edge Academy
Learn the edge, one short guide at a time
51 guides · 9 topics · most under 5 minutes
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- Path 01 · 19 min
Start here
Create an account, learn the vocabulary, install the CLI and put your first resource live.
- 1Console quick start3m
- 2Account setup guide3m
- 3Terminology3m
- 4CLI installation3m
- 5Quick start guide3m
- 6First deployment4m
- Path 02 · 17 min
Ship to production
Put a CDN in front of your app, tune caching, spread across regions and keep costs in check.
- 1How to set up a CDN3m
- 2Caching strategies3m
- 3Setting up a multi-region CDN3m
- 4High availability3m
- 5Deploying a Node.js app on Edge Compute2m
- 6Cost optimisation3m
- Path 03 · 22 min
Lock it down
Harden your account and instances, keep bots out of forms and APIs, and let good agents in.
- 1Security hardening5m
- 2Password-protected CDN domains3m
- 3Bot protection with Edge Shield3m
- 4Securing login & signup flows4m
- 5Protecting APIs from bot abuse3m
- 6Verified AI agents with Web Bot Auth4m
Featured guides
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Assist4 min read
Add AI answers to your site
Your visitors have questions. Your site has the answers, spread across dozens of pages. Edge Assist connects the two with instant, cited answers drawn from your own content, added with one script tag.
Security3 min read
Bot protection with Edge Shield
Stop form spam, credential stuffing and fake signups without ever showing a human a puzzle. Two lines on the page, one HTTP call on the server. Free forever.
Tutorials2 min read
Deploying a Node.js app on Edge Compute
Deploy a Node.js application on an Edge VM: create the server, install Node.js, run it with PM2, put Nginx and the CDN in front, then point your domain.
Tutorials3 min read
Migrating from AWS to Edge
How to migrate your infrastructure from AWS to Edge Network (DNS, storage, CDN and compute) with zero egress fees and simpler pricing.
Tutorials3 min read
Setting up a multi-region CDN
Edge CDN is global by default, across 988 locations. Unlike AWS, you don't configure regions: the network routes requests to the nearest node automatically.
Edge explained4 min read
What is an edge network?
Edge networking moves computing power out of distant data centres and puts it close to the people using it. Here's how edge networks work, and why the internet is being rebuilt around them.
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Everything in the Academy
Getting started
6Create an account, install the CLI and ship your first resource.
Tutorials
8Step-by-step walkthroughs, from a CDN in ten minutes to a Node.js app.
Best practices
6Caching, cost and availability patterns that hold up in production.
Edge explained
7What edge infrastructure is, how it works and why it matters.
Security
7Harden accounts, stop bots and protect public endpoints.
Assist
5Add AI answers to your site, drawn from your own content.
Agentic cloud
6Let AI agents deploy and run your infrastructure safely.
API & SDKs
4Integrate Edge from JavaScript, Python, Go or plain HTTP.
Background
11Decentralisation, tokens, sustainability and the ideas behind Edge.
- Decentralised cloud storage explained4m
- Edge network security4m
- Is DNS centralised or decentralised?3m
- Machine learning at the edge4m
- What is a decentralised CDN?5m
- What is a decentralised cloud?3m
- What is Edge Network?3m
- What is the EDGE token?4m
- What is XE and how does it power Edge?3m
- What makes Edge better for the environment?2m
- Zero egress fees explained4m
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