Getting started with a simple CloudFront distribution

The procedures in this section show you how to use CloudFront to set up a basic configuration that does the following:

• Creates a bucket that everyone has read access to.

• Stores the original versions of your objects in an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket

• Uses the CloudFront domain name in URLs for your objects (for example, https://d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net/index.html)

• Keeps your objects in CloudFront edge locations for the default duration of 24 hours (the minimum duration is 0 seconds)

Most of these options are customizable. For information about how to customize your CloudFront distribution options, see Steps for creating a distribution (overview).

Topics

• Prerequisites
• Step 1: Create an accessible bucket
• Step 2: Upload the content to the bucket
• Step 3: Create a CloudFront distribution
• Step 4: Access your content through CloudFront
• Step 5: Clean up
• Tips

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that you’ve completed the steps in Setting up.