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Regional or global edge?
This comparison card contrasts Regional or global edge. REGIONAL Web ACL: ALB, API Gateway, AppSync, Cognito in a Region. CLOUDFRONT Web ACL is described as cloudFront distributions. It also notes create in us-east-1. The card pairs REGIONAL Web ACL with secondary defense, and CLOUDFRONT Web ACL with primary public edge.
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Regional or global edge?
REGIONAL Web ACL
ALB, API Gateway, AppSync, Cognito in a Region.
CLOUDFRONT Web ACL
CloudFront distributions; create in us-east-1.
Key points
Origin ALB protection.
Public CDN edge.
Example
--scope REGIONAL / --scope CLOUDFRONT us-east-1
Use when
Secondary defense.
Primary public edge.