Reusing CloudFront, ALB, and API Gateway in a Serverless Platform

📰 Dev.to · Sebastian Mincewicz

Learn to reuse CloudFront, ALB, and API Gateway in a serverless platform to improve scalability and reduce costs

intermediate Published 17 Mar 2026
Action Steps
  1. Configure CloudFront to serve static content from S3
  2. Set up an Application Load Balancer (ALB) to route traffic to serverless functions
  3. Integrate API Gateway with Lambda functions to handle API requests
  4. Test and validate the reuse of CloudFront, ALB, and API Gateway in the serverless platform
  5. Monitor and optimize the performance of the reused infrastructure
Who Needs to Know This

DevOps engineers and cloud architects can benefit from reusing existing infrastructure to streamline serverless deployments and improve collaboration with development teams

Key Insight

💡 Reusing existing infrastructure can simplify serverless deployments and reduce costs

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