Cirrus CDN Control Plane White Paper

Updated: 2025-10-13

This white paper documents the full architecture, operational model, and future direction of the Cirrus CDN control plane. The material is organized into chapters so subject matter experts can focus on their domain while retaining an end-to-end system view.

• Executive Overview
• System Architecture
• Control Plane API & Data Model
• Automation & Certificate Lifecycle
• DNS & Traffic Engineering
• Edge Delivery Platform
• Frontend Experience
• Security & Compliance
• Operations & Observability
• Ansible Automation
• Appendices

Each chapter references concrete implementation details from the repository, including module names, Redis schemas, and deployment tooling, to ensure the documentation remains grounded in the current codebase.