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CreateDistribution

Creates a new web distribution. You create a CloudFront distribution to tell CloudFront where you want content to be delivered from, and the details about how to track and manage content delivery. Send a POST request to the /CloudFront API version/distribution/distribution ID resource.

Important

When you update a distribution, there are more required fields than when you create a distribution. When you update your distribution by using UpdateDistribution, follow the steps included in the documentation to get the current configuration and then make your updates. This helps to make sure that you include all of the required fields. To view a summary, see Required Fields for Create Distribution and Update Distribution in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

Request Syntax


POST /2019-03-26/distribution HTTP/1.1
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<DistributionConfig xmlns="http://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/doc/2019-03-26/">
   <Aliases>
      <Items>
         <CNAME>string</CNAME>
      </Items>
      <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
   </Aliases>
   <CacheBehaviors>
      <Items>
         <CacheBehavior>
            <AllowedMethods>
               <CachedMethods>
                  <Items>
                     <Method>string</Method>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </CachedMethods>
               <Items>
                  <Method>string</Method>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </AllowedMethods>
            <Compress>boolean</Compress>
            <DefaultTTL>long</DefaultTTL>
            <FieldLevelEncryptionId>string</FieldLevelEncryptionId>
            <ForwardedValues>
               <Cookies>
                  <Forward>string</Forward>
                  <WhitelistedNames>
                     <Items>
                        <Name>string</Name>
                     </Items>
                     <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
                  </WhitelistedNames>
               </Cookies>
               <Headers>
                  <Items>
                     <Name>string</Name>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </Headers>
               <QueryString>boolean</QueryString>
               <QueryStringCacheKeys>
                  <Items>
                     <Name>string</Name>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </QueryStringCacheKeys>
            </ForwardedValues>
            <LambdaFunctionAssociations>
               <Items>
                  <LambdaFunctionAssociation>
                     <EventType>string</EventType>
                     <IncludeBody>boolean</IncludeBody>
                     <LambdaFunctionARN>string</LambdaFunctionARN>
                  </LambdaFunctionAssociation>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </LambdaFunctionAssociations>
            <MaxTTL>long</MaxTTL>
            <MinTTL>long</MinTTL>
            <PathPattern>string</PathPattern>
            <SmoothStreaming>boolean</SmoothStreaming>
            <TargetOriginId>string</TargetOriginId>
            <TrustedSigners>
               <Enabled>boolean</Enabled>
               <Items>
                  <AwsAccountNumber>string</AwsAccountNumber>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </TrustedSigners>
            <ViewerProtocolPolicy>string</ViewerProtocolPolicy>
         </CacheBehavior>
      </Items>
      <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
   </CacheBehaviors>
   <CallerReference>string</CallerReference>
   <Comment>string</Comment>
   <CustomErrorResponses>
      <Items>
         <CustomErrorResponse>
            <ErrorCachingMinTTL>long</ErrorCachingMinTTL>
            <ErrorCode>integer</ErrorCode>
            <ResponseCode>string</ResponseCode>
            <ResponsePagePath>string</ResponsePagePath>
         </CustomErrorResponse>
      </Items>
      <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
   </CustomErrorResponses>
   <DefaultCacheBehavior>
      <AllowedMethods>
         <CachedMethods>
            <Items>
               <Method>string</Method>
            </Items>
            <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
         </CachedMethods>
         <Items>
            <Method>string</Method>
         </Items>
         <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
      </AllowedMethods>
      <Compress>boolean</Compress>
      <DefaultTTL>long</DefaultTTL>
      <FieldLevelEncryptionId>string</FieldLevelEncryptionId>
      <ForwardedValues>
         <Cookies>
            <Forward>string</Forward>
            <WhitelistedNames>
               <Items>
                  <Name>string</Name>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </WhitelistedNames>
         </Cookies>
         <Headers>
            <Items>
               <Name>string</Name>
            </Items>
            <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
         </Headers>
         <QueryString>boolean</QueryString>
         <QueryStringCacheKeys>
            <Items>
               <Name>string</Name>
            </Items>
            <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
         </QueryStringCacheKeys>
      </ForwardedValues>
      <LambdaFunctionAssociations>
         <Items>
            <LambdaFunctionAssociation>
               <EventType>string</EventType>
               <IncludeBody>boolean</IncludeBody>
               <LambdaFunctionARN>string</LambdaFunctionARN>
            </LambdaFunctionAssociation>
         </Items>
         <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
      </LambdaFunctionAssociations>
      <MaxTTL>long</MaxTTL>
      <MinTTL>long</MinTTL>
      <SmoothStreaming>boolean</SmoothStreaming>
      <TargetOriginId>string</TargetOriginId>
      <TrustedSigners>
         <Enabled>boolean</Enabled>
         <Items>
            <AwsAccountNumber>string</AwsAccountNumber>
         </Items>
         <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
      </TrustedSigners>
      <ViewerProtocolPolicy>string</ViewerProtocolPolicy>
   </DefaultCacheBehavior>
   <DefaultRootObject>string</DefaultRootObject>
   <Enabled>boolean</Enabled>
   <HttpVersion>string</HttpVersion>
   <IsIPV6Enabled>boolean</IsIPV6Enabled>
   <Logging>
      <Bucket>string</Bucket>
      <Enabled>boolean</Enabled>
      <IncludeCookies>boolean</IncludeCookies>
      <Prefix>string</Prefix>
   </Logging>
   <OriginGroups>
      <Items>
         <OriginGroup>
            <FailoverCriteria>
               <StatusCodes>
                  <Items>
                     <StatusCode>integer</StatusCode>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </StatusCodes>
            </FailoverCriteria>
            <Id>string</Id>
            <Members>
               <Items>
                  <OriginGroupMember>
                     <OriginId>string</OriginId>
                  </OriginGroupMember>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </Members>
         </OriginGroup>
      </Items>
      <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
   </OriginGroups>
   <Origins>
      <Items>
         <Origin>
            <ConnectionAttempts>integer</ConnectionAttempts>
            <ConnectionTimeout>integer</ConnectionTimeout>
            <CustomHeaders>
               <Items>
                  <OriginCustomHeader>
                     <HeaderName>string</HeaderName>
                     <HeaderValue>string</HeaderValue>
                  </OriginCustomHeader>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </CustomHeaders>
            <CustomOriginConfig>
               <HTTPPort>integer</HTTPPort>
               <HTTPSPort>integer</HTTPSPort>
               <OriginKeepaliveTimeout>integer</OriginKeepaliveTimeout>
               <OriginProtocolPolicy>string</OriginProtocolPolicy>
               <OriginReadTimeout>integer</OriginReadTimeout>
               <OriginSslProtocols>
                  <Items>
                     <SslProtocol>string</SslProtocol>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </OriginSslProtocols>
            </CustomOriginConfig>
            <DomainName>string</DomainName>
            <Id>string</Id>
            <OriginPath>string</OriginPath>
            <S3OriginConfig>
               <OriginAccessIdentity>string</OriginAccessIdentity>
            </S3OriginConfig>
         </Origin>
      </Items>
      <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
   </Origins>
   <PriceClass>string</PriceClass>
   <Restrictions>
      <GeoRestriction>
         <Items>
            <Location>string</Location>
         </Items>
         <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
         <RestrictionType>string</RestrictionType>
      </GeoRestriction>
   </Restrictions>
   <ViewerCertificate>
      <ACMCertificateArn>string</ACMCertificateArn>
      <Certificate>string</Certificate>
      <CertificateSource>string</CertificateSource>
      <CloudFrontDefaultCertificate>boolean</CloudFrontDefaultCertificate>
      <IAMCertificateId>string</IAMCertificateId>
      <MinimumProtocolVersion>string</MinimumProtocolVersion>
      <SSLSupportMethod>string</SSLSupportMethod>
   </ViewerCertificate>
   <WebACLId>string</WebACLId>
</DistributionConfig>

URI Request Parameters

The request does not use any URI parameters.

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in XML format.

DistributionConfig

Root level tag for the DistributionConfig parameters.

Required: Yes

Aliases

A complex type that contains information about CNAMEs (alternate domain names), if any, for this distribution.

Type: Aliases object

Required: No

CacheBehaviors

A complex type that contains zero or more CacheBehavior elements.

Type: CacheBehaviors object

Required: No

CallerReference

A unique value (for example, a date-time stamp) that ensures that the request can't be replayed.

If the value of CallerReference is new (regardless of the content of the DistributionConfig object), CloudFront creates a new distribution.

If CallerReference is a value that you already sent in a previous request to create a distribution, CloudFront returns a DistributionAlreadyExists error.

Type: String

Required: Yes

Comment

Any comments you want to include about the distribution.

If you don't want to specify a comment, include an empty Comment element.

To delete an existing comment, update the distribution configuration and include an empty Comment element.

To add or change a comment, update the distribution configuration and specify the new comment.

Type: String

Required: Yes

CustomErrorResponses

A complex type that controls the following:

Whether CloudFront replaces HTTP status codes in the 4xx and 5xx range with custom error messages before returning the response to the viewer.
How long CloudFront caches HTTP status codes in the 4xx and 5xx range.

For more information about custom error pages, see Customizing Error Responses in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

Type: CustomErrorResponses object

Required: No

DefaultCacheBehavior

A complex type that describes the default cache behavior if you don't specify a CacheBehavior element or if files don't match any of the values of PathPattern in CacheBehavior elements. You must create exactly one default cache behavior.

Type: DefaultCacheBehavior object

Required: Yes

DefaultRootObject

The object that you want CloudFront to request from your origin (for example, index.html) when a viewer requests the root URL for your distribution (http://www.example.com) instead of an object in your distribution (http://www.example.com/product-description.html). Specifying a default root object avoids exposing the contents of your distribution.

Specify only the object name, for example, index.html. Don't add a / before the object name.

If you don't want to specify a default root object when you create a distribution, include an empty DefaultRootObject element.

To delete the default root object from an existing distribution, update the distribution configuration and include an empty DefaultRootObject element.

To replace the default root object, update the distribution configuration and specify the new object.

For more information about the default root object, see Creating a Default Root Object in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

Type: String

Required: No

Enabled

From this field, you can enable or disable the selected distribution.

Type: Boolean

Required: Yes

HttpVersion

(Optional) Specify the maximum HTTP version that you want viewers to use to communicate with CloudFront. The default value for new web distributions is http2. Viewers that don't support HTTP/2 automatically use an earlier HTTP version.

For viewers and CloudFront to use HTTP/2, viewers must support TLS 1.2 or later, and must support Server Name Identification (SNI).

In general, configuring CloudFront to communicate with viewers using HTTP/2 reduces latency. You can improve performance by optimizing for HTTP/2. For more information, do an Internet search for "http/2 optimization."

Type: String

Valid Values: http1.1 | http2

Required: No

IsIPV6Enabled

If you want CloudFront to respond to IPv6 DNS requests with an IPv6 address for your distribution, specify true. If you specify false, CloudFront responds to IPv6 DNS requests with the DNS response code NOERROR and with no IP addresses. This allows viewers to submit a second request, for an IPv4 address for your distribution.

In general, you should enable IPv6 if you have users on IPv6 networks who want to access your content. However, if you're using signed URLs or signed cookies to restrict access to your content, and if you're using a custom policy that includes the IpAddress parameter to restrict the IP addresses that can access your content, don't enable IPv6. If you want to restrict access to some content by IP address and not restrict access to other content (or restrict access but not by IP address), you can create two distributions. For more information, see Creating a Signed URL Using a Custom Policy in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

If you're using an Amazon Route 53 alias resource record set to route traffic to your CloudFront distribution, you need to create a second alias resource record set when both of the following are true:

You enable IPv6 for the distribution
You're using alternate domain names in the URLs for your objects

For more information, see Routing Traffic to an Amazon CloudFront Web Distribution by Using Your Domain Name in the Amazon Route 53 Developer Guide.

If you created a CNAME resource record set, either with Amazon Route 53 or with another DNS service, you don't need to make any changes. A CNAME record will route traffic to your distribution regardless of the IP address format of the viewer request.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

Logging

A complex type that controls whether access logs are written for the distribution.

For more information about logging, see Access Logs in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

Type: LoggingConfig object

Required: No

OriginGroups

A complex type that contains information about origin groups for this distribution.

Type: OriginGroups object

Required: No

Origins

A complex type that contains information about origins for this distribution.

Type: Origins object

Required: Yes

PriceClass

The price class that corresponds with the maximum price that you want to pay for CloudFront service. If you specify PriceClass_All, CloudFront responds to requests for your objects from all CloudFront edge locations.

If you specify a price class other than PriceClass_All, CloudFront serves your objects from the CloudFront edge location that has the lowest latency among the edge locations in your price class. Viewers who are in or near regions that are excluded from your specified price class may encounter slower performance.

For more information about price classes, see Choosing the Price Class for a CloudFront Distribution in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide. For information about CloudFront pricing, including how price classes (such as Price Class 100) map to CloudFront regions, see Amazon CloudFront Pricing. For price class information, scroll down to see the table at the bottom of the page.

Type: String

Valid Values: PriceClass_100 | PriceClass_200 | PriceClass_All

Required: No

Restrictions

A complex type that identifies ways in which you want to restrict distribution of your content.

Type: Restrictions object

Required: No

ViewerCertificate

A complex type that determines the distribution’s SSL/TLS configuration for communicating with viewers.

Type: ViewerCertificate object

Required: No

WebACLId

A unique identifier that specifies the AWS WAF web ACL, if any, to associate with this distribution. To specify a web ACL created using the latest version of AWS WAF, use the ACL ARN, for example arn:aws:wafv2:us-east-1:123456789012:global/webacl/ExampleWebACL/473e64fd-f30b-4765-81a0-62ad96dd167a. To specify a web ACL created using AWS WAF Classic, use the ACL ID, for example 473e64fd-f30b-4765-81a0-62ad96dd167a.

AWS WAF is a web application firewall that lets you monitor the HTTP and HTTPS requests that are forwarded to CloudFront, and lets you control access to your content. Based on conditions that you specify, such as the IP addresses that requests originate from or the values of query strings, CloudFront responds to requests either with the requested content or with an HTTP 403 status code (Forbidden). You can also configure CloudFront to return a custom error page when a request is blocked. For more information about AWS WAF, see the AWS WAF Developer Guide.

Type: String

Required: No

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 201
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Distribution>
   <ActiveTrustedSigners>
      <Enabled>boolean</Enabled>
      <Items>
         <Signer>
            <AwsAccountNumber>string</AwsAccountNumber>
            <KeyPairIds>
               <Items>
                  <KeyPairId>string</KeyPairId>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </KeyPairIds>
         </Signer>
      </Items>
      <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
   </ActiveTrustedSigners>
   <AliasICPRecordals>
      <AliasICPRecordal>
         <CNAME>string</CNAME>
         <ICPRecordalStatus>string</ICPRecordalStatus>
      </AliasICPRecordal>
   </AliasICPRecordals>
   <ARN>string</ARN>
   <DistributionConfig>
      <Aliases>
         <Items>
            <CNAME>string</CNAME>
         </Items>
         <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
      </Aliases>
      <CacheBehaviors>
         <Items>
            <CacheBehavior>
               <AllowedMethods>
                  <CachedMethods>
                     <Items>
                        <Method>string</Method>
                     </Items>
                     <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
                  </CachedMethods>
                  <Items>
                     <Method>string</Method>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </AllowedMethods>
               <Compress>boolean</Compress>
               <DefaultTTL>long</DefaultTTL>
               <FieldLevelEncryptionId>string</FieldLevelEncryptionId>
               <ForwardedValues>
                  <Cookies>
                     <Forward>string</Forward>
                     <WhitelistedNames>
                        <Items>
                           <Name>string</Name>
                        </Items>
                        <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
                     </WhitelistedNames>
                  </Cookies>
                  <Headers>
                     <Items>
                        <Name>string</Name>
                     </Items>
                     <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
                  </Headers>
                  <QueryString>boolean</QueryString>
                  <QueryStringCacheKeys>
                     <Items>
                        <Name>string</Name>
                     </Items>
                     <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
                  </QueryStringCacheKeys>
               </ForwardedValues>
               <LambdaFunctionAssociations>
                  <Items>
                     <LambdaFunctionAssociation>
                        <EventType>string</EventType>
                        <IncludeBody>boolean</IncludeBody>
                        <LambdaFunctionARN>string</LambdaFunctionARN>
                     </LambdaFunctionAssociation>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </LambdaFunctionAssociations>
               <MaxTTL>long</MaxTTL>
               <MinTTL>long</MinTTL>
               <PathPattern>string</PathPattern>
               <SmoothStreaming>boolean</SmoothStreaming>
               <TargetOriginId>string</TargetOriginId>
               <TrustedSigners>
                  <Enabled>boolean</Enabled>
                  <Items>
                     <AwsAccountNumber>string</AwsAccountNumber>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </TrustedSigners>
               <ViewerProtocolPolicy>string</ViewerProtocolPolicy>
            </CacheBehavior>
         </Items>
         <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
      </CacheBehaviors>
      <CallerReference>string</CallerReference>
      <Comment>string</Comment>
      <CustomErrorResponses>
         <Items>
            <CustomErrorResponse>
               <ErrorCachingMinTTL>long</ErrorCachingMinTTL>
               <ErrorCode>integer</ErrorCode>
               <ResponseCode>string</ResponseCode>
               <ResponsePagePath>string</ResponsePagePath>
            </CustomErrorResponse>
         </Items>
         <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
      </CustomErrorResponses>
      <DefaultCacheBehavior>
         <AllowedMethods>
            <CachedMethods>
               <Items>
                  <Method>string</Method>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </CachedMethods>
            <Items>
               <Method>string</Method>
            </Items>
            <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
         </AllowedMethods>
         <Compress>boolean</Compress>
         <DefaultTTL>long</DefaultTTL>
         <FieldLevelEncryptionId>string</FieldLevelEncryptionId>
         <ForwardedValues>
            <Cookies>
               <Forward>string</Forward>
               <WhitelistedNames>
                  <Items>
                     <Name>string</Name>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </WhitelistedNames>
            </Cookies>
            <Headers>
               <Items>
                  <Name>string</Name>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </Headers>
            <QueryString>boolean</QueryString>
            <QueryStringCacheKeys>
               <Items>
                  <Name>string</Name>
               </Items>
               <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            </QueryStringCacheKeys>
         </ForwardedValues>
         <LambdaFunctionAssociations>
            <Items>
               <LambdaFunctionAssociation>
                  <EventType>string</EventType>
                  <IncludeBody>boolean</IncludeBody>
                  <LambdaFunctionARN>string</LambdaFunctionARN>
               </LambdaFunctionAssociation>
            </Items>
            <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
         </LambdaFunctionAssociations>
         <MaxTTL>long</MaxTTL>
         <MinTTL>long</MinTTL>
         <SmoothStreaming>boolean</SmoothStreaming>
         <TargetOriginId>string</TargetOriginId>
         <TrustedSigners>
            <Enabled>boolean</Enabled>
            <Items>
               <AwsAccountNumber>string</AwsAccountNumber>
            </Items>
            <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
         </TrustedSigners>
         <ViewerProtocolPolicy>string</ViewerProtocolPolicy>
      </DefaultCacheBehavior>
      <DefaultRootObject>string</DefaultRootObject>
      <Enabled>boolean</Enabled>
      <HttpVersion>string</HttpVersion>
      <IsIPV6Enabled>boolean</IsIPV6Enabled>
      <Logging>
         <Bucket>string</Bucket>
         <Enabled>boolean</Enabled>
         <IncludeCookies>boolean</IncludeCookies>
         <Prefix>string</Prefix>
      </Logging>
      <OriginGroups>
         <Items>
            <OriginGroup>
               <FailoverCriteria>
                  <StatusCodes>
                     <Items>
                        <StatusCode>integer</StatusCode>
                     </Items>
                     <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
                  </StatusCodes>
               </FailoverCriteria>
               <Id>string</Id>
               <Members>
                  <Items>
                     <OriginGroupMember>
                        <OriginId>string</OriginId>
                     </OriginGroupMember>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </Members>
            </OriginGroup>
         </Items>
         <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
      </OriginGroups>
      <Origins>
         <Items>
            <Origin>
               <ConnectionAttempts>integer</ConnectionAttempts>
               <ConnectionTimeout>integer</ConnectionTimeout>
               <CustomHeaders>
                  <Items>
                     <OriginCustomHeader>
                        <HeaderName>string</HeaderName>
                        <HeaderValue>string</HeaderValue>
                     </OriginCustomHeader>
                  </Items>
                  <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
               </CustomHeaders>
               <CustomOriginConfig>
                  <HTTPPort>integer</HTTPPort>
                  <HTTPSPort>integer</HTTPSPort>
                  <OriginKeepaliveTimeout>integer</OriginKeepaliveTimeout>
                  <OriginProtocolPolicy>string</OriginProtocolPolicy>
                  <OriginReadTimeout>integer</OriginReadTimeout>
                  <OriginSslProtocols>
                     <Items>
                        <SslProtocol>string</SslProtocol>
                     </Items>
                     <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
                  </OriginSslProtocols>
               </CustomOriginConfig>
               <DomainName>string</DomainName>
               <Id>string</Id>
               <OriginPath>string</OriginPath>
               <S3OriginConfig>
                  <OriginAccessIdentity>string</OriginAccessIdentity>
               </S3OriginConfig>
            </Origin>
         </Items>
         <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
      </Origins>
      <PriceClass>string</PriceClass>
      <Restrictions>
         <GeoRestriction>
            <Items>
               <Location>string</Location>
            </Items>
            <Quantity>integer</Quantity>
            <RestrictionType>string</RestrictionType>
         </GeoRestriction>
      </Restrictions>
      <ViewerCertificate>
         <ACMCertificateArn>string</ACMCertificateArn>
         <Certificate>string</Certificate>
         <CertificateSource>string</CertificateSource>
         <CloudFrontDefaultCertificate>boolean</CloudFrontDefaultCertificate>
         <IAMCertificateId>string</IAMCertificateId>
         <MinimumProtocolVersion>string</MinimumProtocolVersion>
         <SSLSupportMethod>string</SSLSupportMethod>
      </ViewerCertificate>
      <WebACLId>string</WebACLId>
   </DistributionConfig>
   <DomainName>string</DomainName>
   <Id>string</Id>
   <InProgressInvalidationBatches>integer</InProgressInvalidationBatches>
   <LastModifiedTime>timestamp</LastModifiedTime>
   <Status>string</Status>
</Distribution>

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 201 response.

The following data is returned in XML format by the service.

Distribution

Root level tag for the Distribution parameters.

Required: Yes

ActiveTrustedSigners

CloudFront automatically adds this element to the response only if you've set up the distribution to serve private content with signed URLs. The element lists the key pair IDs that CloudFront is aware of for each trusted signer. The Signer child element lists the AWS account number of the trusted signer (or an empty Self element if the signer is you). The Signer element also includes the IDs of any active key pairs associated with the trusted signer's AWS account. If no KeyPairId element appears for a Signer, that signer can't create working signed URLs.

Type: ActiveTrustedSigners object

AliasICPRecordals

AWS services in China customers must file for an Internet Content Provider (ICP) recordal if they want to serve content publicly on an alternate domain name, also known as a CNAME, that they've added to CloudFront. AliasICPRecordal provides the ICP recordal status for CNAMEs associated with distributions.

For more information about ICP recordals, see Signup, Accounts, and Credentials in Getting Started with AWS services in China.

Type: Array of AliasICPRecordal objects

ARN

The ARN (Amazon Resource Name) for the distribution. For example: arn:aws:cloudfront::123456789012:distribution/EDFDVBD632BHDS5, where 123456789012 is your AWS account ID.

Type: String

DistributionConfig

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

Type: DistributionConfig object

DomainName

The domain name corresponding to the distribution, for example, d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net.

Type: String

Id

The identifier for the distribution. For example: EDFDVBD632BHDS5.

Type: String

InProgressInvalidationBatches

The number of invalidation batches currently in progress.

Type: Integer

LastModifiedTime

The date and time the distribution was last modified.

Type: Timestamp

Status

This response element indicates the current status of the distribution. When the status is Deployed, the distribution's information is fully propagated to all CloudFront edge locations.

Type: String

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDenied

Access denied.

HTTP Status Code: 403

CNAMEAlreadyExists

The CNAME specified is already defined for CloudFront.

HTTP Status Code: 409

DistributionAlreadyExists

The caller reference you attempted to create the distribution with is associated with another distribution.

HTTP Status Code: 409

IllegalFieldLevelEncryptionConfigAssociationWithCacheBehavior

The specified configuration for field-level encryption can't be associated with the specified cache behavior.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InconsistentQuantities

The value of Quantity and the size of Items don't match.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidArgument

An argument is invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidDefaultRootObject

The default root object file name is too big or contains an invalid character.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidErrorCode

An invalid error code was specified.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidForwardCookies

Your request contains forward cookies option which doesn't match with the expectation for the whitelisted list of cookie names. Either list of cookie names has been specified when not allowed or list of cookie names is missing when expected.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidGeoRestrictionParameter

The specified geo restriction parameter is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidHeadersForS3Origin

The headers specified are not valid for an Amazon S3 origin.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidLambdaFunctionAssociation

The specified Lambda function association is invalid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidLocationCode

The location code specified is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidMinimumProtocolVersion

The minimum protocol version specified is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidOrigin

The Amazon S3 origin server specified does not refer to a valid Amazon S3 bucket.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidOriginAccessIdentity

The origin access identity is not valid or doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidOriginKeepaliveTimeout

The keep alive timeout specified for the origin is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidOriginReadTimeout

The read timeout specified for the origin is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidProtocolSettings

You cannot specify SSLv3 as the minimum protocol version if you only want to support only clients that support Server Name Indication (SNI).

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidQueryStringParameters

The query string parameters specified are not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidRelativePath

The relative path is too big, is not URL-encoded, or does not begin with a slash (/).

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidRequiredProtocol

This operation requires the HTTPS protocol. Ensure that you specify the HTTPS protocol in your request, or omit the RequiredProtocols element from your distribution configuration.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidResponseCode

A response code is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidTTLOrder

The TTL order specified is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidViewerCertificate

A viewer certificate specified is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

InvalidWebACLId

A web ACL ID specified is not valid. To specify a web ACL created using the latest version of AWS WAF, use the ACL ARN, for example arn:aws:wafv2:us-east-1:123456789012:global/webacl/ExampleWebACL/473e64fd-f30b-4765-81a0-62ad96dd167a. To specify a web ACL created using AWS WAF Classic, use the ACL ID, for example 473e64fd-f30b-4765-81a0-62ad96dd167a.

HTTP Status Code: 400

MissingBody

This operation requires a body. Ensure that the body is present and the Content-Type header is set.

HTTP Status Code: 400

NoSuchFieldLevelEncryptionConfig

The specified configuration for field-level encryption doesn't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 404

NoSuchOrigin

No origin exists with the specified Origin Id.

HTTP Status Code: 404

TooManyCacheBehaviors

You cannot create more cache behaviors for the distribution.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyCertificates

You cannot create anymore custom SSL/TLS certificates.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyCookieNamesInWhiteList

Your request contains more cookie names in the whitelist than are allowed per cache behavior.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyDistributionCNAMEs

Your request contains more CNAMEs than are allowed per distribution.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyDistributions

Processing your request would cause you to exceed the maximum number of distributions allowed.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyDistributionsAssociatedToFieldLevelEncryptionConfig

The maximum number of distributions have been associated with the specified configuration for field-level encryption.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyDistributionsWithLambdaAssociations

Processing your request would cause the maximum number of distributions with Lambda function associations per owner to be exceeded.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyHeadersInForwardedValues

Your request contains too many headers in forwarded values.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyLambdaFunctionAssociations

Your request contains more Lambda function associations than are allowed per distribution.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyOriginCustomHeaders

Your request contains too many origin custom headers.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyOriginGroupsPerDistribution

Processing your request would cause you to exceed the maximum number of origin groups allowed.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyOrigins

You cannot create more origins for the distribution.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyQueryStringParameters

Your request contains too many query string parameters.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TooManyTrustedSigners

Your request contains more trusted signers than are allowed per distribution.

HTTP Status Code: 400

TrustedSignerDoesNotExist

One or more of your trusted signers don't exist.

HTTP Status Code: 400