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AWS::CloudFront::Distribution

The distribution's information.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

JSON

{
  "Type" : "AWS::CloudFront::Distribution",
  "Properties" : {
      "DistributionConfig" : DistributionConfig,
      "Tags" : [ Tag, ... ]
    }
}

YAML

Type: AWS::CloudFront::Distribution
Properties: 
  DistributionConfig: 
    DistributionConfig
  Tags: 
    - Tag

Properties

DistributionConfig

The current configuration information for the distribution. Send a GET request to the /CloudFront API version/distribution ID/config resource.

Required: Yes

Type: DistributionConfig

Update requires: No interruption

Tags

A complex type that contains zero or more Tag elements.

Required: No

Type: List of Tag

Update requires: No interruption

Return Values

Ref

When you pass the logical ID of this resource to the intrinsic Ref function, Ref returns the CloudFront distribution ID. For example: E27LVI50CSW06W.

For more information about using the Ref function, see Ref.

Fn::GetAtt

The Fn::GetAtt intrinsic function returns a value for a specified attribute of this type. The following are the available attributes and sample return values.

For more information about using the Fn::GetAtt intrinsic function, see Fn::GetAtt.

DomainName

The domain name of the resource, such as sct27g85mgx04.cloudfront.net.

Examples

Create a distribution

The following example specifies a distribution and assigns it a single tag.

JSON

{
    "AWSTemplateFormatVersion": "2010-09-09",
    "Resources": {
        "cloudfrontdistribution": {
            "Type": "AWS::CloudFront::Distribution",
            "Properties": {
                "DistributionConfig": {
                    "CacheBehaviors": [
                        {
                            "LambdaFunctionAssociations": [
                                {
                                    "EventType": "string-value",
                                    "LambdaFunctionARN": "string-value"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ],
                    "DefaultCacheBehavior": {
                        "LambdaFunctionAssociations": [
                            {
                                "EventType": "string-value",
                                "LambdaFunctionARN": "string-value"
                            }
                        ]
                    },
                    "IPV6Enabled": "boolean-value",
                    "Origins": [
                        {
                            "CustomOriginConfig": {
                                "OriginKeepaliveTimeout": "integer-value",
                                "OriginReadTimeout": "integer-value"
                            }
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "Tags": [
                    {
                        "Key": "string-value",
                        "Value": "string-value"
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

YAML

AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
Resources:
  cloudfrontdistribution:
    Type: AWS::CloudFront::Distribution
    Properties:
      DistributionConfig:
        CacheBehaviors:
          - LambdaFunctionAssociations:
              - EventType: string-value
                LambdaFunctionARN: string-value
        DefaultCacheBehavior:
          LambdaFunctionAssociations:
            - EventType: string-value
              LambdaFunctionARN: string-value
        IPV6Enabled: boolean-value
        Origins:
          - CustomOriginConfig:
              OriginKeepaliveTimeout: integer-value
              OriginReadTimeout: integer-value
      Tags:
        - Key: string-value
          Value: string-value

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