Introduction 2 1. Preliminaries on conformal algebras and modules 4 2. Basic definitions 9 3. Extensions and deformations 13 4. Homology 17 5. Exterior multiplication, contraction, and module structure 18 6. Cohomology of conformal algebras and their annihilation Lie algebras 19 6.1. Cohomology of the basic complex 19 6.2. Cohomology of the reduced complex 21 6.3. Cohomology of conformal algebr...