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# Edge Networking
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> Source: `src/content/docs/general/edge.mdx`
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> Canonical URL: https://rivet.dev/docs/general/edge
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> Description: Actors automatically run near your users on your provider's global network.
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At the moment, edge networking is only supported on Rivet Cloud & Cloudflare Workers. More self-hosted platforms are on the roadmap.
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## Region selection
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### Automatic region selection
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By default, actors will choose the nearest region based on the client's location.
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Under the hood, Rivet and Cloudflare use [Anycast routing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anycast) to automatically find the best location for the client to connect to without relying on a slow manual pinging process.
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### Manual region selection
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The region an actor is created in can be overridden using region options:
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See [Create Manage Actors](/docs/actors/communicating-between-actors) for more information.
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_Source doc path: /docs/general/edge_
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