Content Delivery Networks for Government Cloud

CDNs store content on nearby servers to reduce latency and optimize performance. Salesforce Government Cloud uses the Salesforce CDN provider authorized up to the FedRAMP-Moderate level. However, as the Salesforce CDN provider operates outside of the Government Cloud Plus authorization boundary, CDNs are disabled by default for all new sites created from Government Cloud orgs. Customers requiring CDN functionality can choose between these CDN solutions to meet their mission needs:

• Enhanced Domains
• Lightning CDN
• Intelligent Content Delivery Network (iCDN)
• Bring Your Own Third-Party Service or CDN

Note For Government Cloud customers that use Marketing Cloud, you must enable CDNs in Marketing Cloud. See Set Up Marketing Cloud in Government Cloud.

Enhanced Domains

Enhanced Domains require CDNs to access a public virtual IP address (VIP) to retrieve your cached data. This data is stored outside the Government Cloud Plus authorization boundary.

Lightning CDN

Salesforce admins can improve the performance of Salesforce sites with Lightning CDN. Lightning CDN is similar to Enhanced Domains but uses publicly available VIPs to retrieve cached Lightning web component content.

Intelligent Content Delivery Network (iCDN)

Mission owners can set up a content delivery network for their custom domains in Experience Builder, Salesforce Tabs, and Visualforce sites to optimize delivery of static resources through iCDN.

Bring Your Own Third-Party Service or CDN

Alternatively, Government Cloud Plus and Government Cloud Plus – Defense customers can set up a third-party-hosted CDN to meet their content delivery requirements.

Note By using this functionality, you accept the risks of your data being stored outside the Government Cloud Plus authorization boundary. Bring Your Own Third-Party Service or CDN is the only supported solution for salesforce.mil customers in the Government Cloud Plus – Defense environment.