CloudFront examples using AWS CLI

The following code examples show you how to perform actions and implement common scenarios by using the AWS Command Line Interface with CloudFront.

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The following code example shows how to use associate-distribution-tenant-web-acl.

AWS CLI

To associate a web ACL with a CloudFront distribution tenant

The following associate-distribution-tenant-web-acl example associates a web ACL with a CloudFront distribution with ETag E13V1IB3VIYABC.


aws cloudfront associate-distribution-tenant-web-acl \
    --id dt_2wjDZi3hD1ivOXf6rpZJO1AB \
    --if-match E13V1IB3VIYABC \
    --web-acl-arn arn:aws:wafv2:us-east-1:123456789012:global/webacl/web-global-example/626900da-5f64-418b-ba9b-743f37123ABC

Output:


{
    "ETag": "E1VC38T7YXBABC",
    "Id": "dt_2wjDZi3hD1ivOXf6rpZJO1AB",
    "WebACLArn": "arn:aws:wafv2:us-east-1:123456789012:global/webacl/web-global-example/626900da-5f64-418b-ba9b-743f37123ABC"
}

For more information, see Use AWS WAF protections in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

For API details, see AssociateDistributionTenantWebAcl in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use associate-distribution-web-acl.

AWS CLI

To associate a web ACL with a CloudFront distribution

The following associate-distribution-web-acl example associates a web ACL with a CloudFront distribution.


aws cloudfront associate-distribution-web-acl \
    --id E1XNX8R2GOAABC \
    --if-match E2YWS1C2J3OABC \
    --web-acl-arn arn:aws:wafv2:us-east-1:123456789012:global/webacl/web-global-example/626900da-5f64-418b-ba9b-743f3746cABC

Output:


{
    "ETag": "E3QE7ED60U0ABC",
    "Id": "E1XNX8R2GOAABC",
    "WebACLArn": "arn:aws:wafv2:us-east-1:123456789012:global/webacl/web-global-example/626900da-5f64-418b-ba9b-743f3746cABC"
}

For more information, see Use AWS WAF protections in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

For API details, see AssociateDistributionWebAcl in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use create-cloud-front-origin-access-identity.

AWS CLI

To create a CloudFront origin access identity

The following example creates a CloudFront origin access identity (OAI) by providing the OAI configuration as a command line argument:


aws cloudfront create-cloud-front-origin-access-identity \
    --cloud-front-origin-access-identity-config \
        CallerReference="cli-example",Comment="Example OAI"

You can accomplish the same thing by providing the OAI configuration in a JSON file, as shown in the following example:


aws cloudfront create-cloud-front-origin-access-identity \
    --cloud-front-origin-access-identity-config file://OAI-config.json

The file OAI-config.json is a JSON document in the current directory that contains the following:


{
    "CallerReference": "cli-example",
    "Comment": "Example OAI"
}

Whether you provide the OAI configuration with a command line argument or a JSON file, the output is the same:


{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2019-03-26/origin-access-identity/cloudfront/E74FTE3AEXAMPLE",
    "ETag": "E2QWRUHEXAMPLE",
    "CloudFrontOriginAccessIdentity": {
        "Id": "E74FTE3AEXAMPLE",
        "S3CanonicalUserId": "cd13868f797c227fbea2830611a26fe0a21ba1b826ab4bed9b7771c9aEXAMPLE",
        "CloudFrontOriginAccessIdentityConfig": {
            "CallerReference": "cli-example",
            "Comment": "Example OAI"
        }
    }
}

For API details, see CreateCloudFrontOriginAccessIdentity in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use create-connection-group.

AWS CLI

To create a connection group in CloudFront

The following create-connection-group example creates an enabled connection group, specifies an Anycast static IP list, and disables IPv6.


aws cloudfront create-connection-group \
    --name cg-with-anycast-ip-list \
    --no-ipv6-enabled \
    --enabled \
    --anycast-ip-list-id aip_CCkW6gKrDiBD4n78123ABC \
    --tags "Items=[{Key=abc,Value=123}]"

Output:


{
    "ETag": "E23ZP02F085ABC",
    "ConnectionGroup": {
        "Id": "cg_2yb6uj74B4PCbfhT31WFdiSABC",
        "Name": "cg-with-anycast-ip-list",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:cloudfront::123456789012:connection-group/cg_2yb6uj74B4PCbfhT31WFdiSABC",
        "CreatedTime": "2025-06-16T16:25:50.061000+00:00",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2025-06-16T16:25:50.061000+00:00",
        "Tags": {
            "Items": [
                {
                    "Key": "abc",
                    "Value": "123"
                }
            ]
        },
        "Ipv6Enabled": false,
        "RoutingEndpoint": "dj6xusxq65abc.cloudfront.net",
        "AnycastIpListId": "aip_CCkW6gKrDiBD4n78123ABC",
        "Status": "InProgress",
        "Enabled": true,
        "IsDefault": false
    }
}

For more information, see Create custom connection group (optional) in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

For API details, see CreateConnectionGroup in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use create-distribution-tenant.

AWS CLI

Example 1: To create a CloudFront distribution tenant that uses a custom certificate

The following create-distribution-tenant example creates a CloudFront distribution tenant that specifies customizations to disable WAF, add geo-restrictions, and uses another TLS certificate.


aws cloudfront create-distribution-tenant \
    --cli-input-json file://tenant.json

Contents of tenant.json:


{
    "DistributionId": "E1XNX8R2GOAABC",
    "Domains": [
        {
            "Domain": "example.com"
        }
    ],
    "Parameters": [
        {
            "Name": "testParam",
            "Value": "defaultValue"
        }
    ],
    "ConnectionGroupId": "cg_2whCJoXMYCjHcxaLGrkllvyABC",
    "Enabled": false,
    "Tags": {
        "Items": [
            {
                "Key": "tag",
                "Value": "tagValue"
            }
        ]
    },
    "Name": "new-tenant-customizations",
    "Customizations": {
        "GeoRestrictions": {
            "Locations": ["DE"],
            "RestrictionType": "whitelist"
        },
        "WebAcl": {
            "Action": "disable"
        },
        "Certificate": {
            "Arn": "arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:certificate/ec53f564-ea5a-4e4a-a0a2-e3c989449abc"
        }
    }
}

Output:


{
    "ETag": "E23ZP02F085ABC",
    "DistributionTenant": {
        "Id": "dt_2yN5tYwVbPKr7m2IB69M1yp1AB",
        "DistributionId": "E1XNX8R2GOAABC",
        "Name": "new-tenant-customizations",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:cloudfront::123456789012:distribution-tenant/dt_2yN5tYwVbPKr7m2IB69M1yp1AB",
        "Domains": [
            {
                "Domain": "example.com",
                "Status": "active"
            }
        ],
        "Tags": {
            "Items": [
                {
                    "Key": "tag",
                    "Value": "tagValue"
                }
            ]
        },
        "Customizations": {
            "WebAcl": {
                "Action": "disable"
            },
            "Certificate": {
                "Arn": "arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:certificate/ec53f564-ea5a-4e4a-a0a2-e3c989449abc"
            },
            "GeoRestrictions": {
                "RestrictionType": "whitelist",
                "Locations": [
                    "DE"
                ]
            }
        },
        "Parameters": [
            {
                "Name": "testParam",
                "Value": "defaultValue"
            }
        ],
        "ConnectionGroupId": "cg_2whCJoXMYCjHcxaLGrkllvyABC",
        "CreatedTime": "2025-06-11T17:20:06.432000+00:00",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2025-06-11T17:20:06.432000+00:00",
        "Enabled": false,
        "Status": "InProgress"
    }
}

Example 2: To create a distribution tenant with an inherited certificate

The following create-distribution-tenant example creates a distribution tenant and specifies an inherited TLS certificate from the multi-tenant distribution.


aws cloudfront create-distribution-tenant \
    --cli-input-json file://tenant.json

Contents of tenant.json:


{
    "DistributionId": "E1HVIAU7U12ABC",
    "Domains": [
        {
            "Domain": "example.com"
        }
    ],
    "Parameters": [
        {
            "Name": "tenantName",
            "Value": "first-tenant"
        }
    ],
    "Enabled": true,
    "Name": "new-tenant-no-cert"
}

Output:


{
    "ETag": "E23ZP02F0ABC",
    "DistributionTenant": {
        "Id": "dt_2zhRB0vBe0B72LZCVy1mgzI1AB",
        "DistributionId": "E1HVIAU7U12ABC",
        "Name": "new-tenant-no-cert",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:cloudfront::123456789012:distribution-tenant/dt_2zhRB0vBe0B72LZCVy1mgzI1AB",
        "Domains": [
            {
                "Domain": "example.com",
                "Status": "active"
            }
        ],
        "Parameters": [
            {
                "Name": "tenantName",
                "Value": "first-tenant"
            }
        ],
        "ConnectionGroupId": "cg_2yQEwpipGFN0hhA0ZemPabOABC",
        "CreatedTime": "2025-07-10T20:59:38.414000+00:00",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2025-07-10T20:59:38.414000+00:00",
        "Enabled": true,
        "Status": "InProgress"
    }
}

Example 3: To create a CloudFront distribution tenant using a CloudFront-hosted validation token

The following create-distribution-tenant example creates a distribution tenant and uses a CloudFront-hosted validation token for your domain name.


aws cloudfront create-distribution-tenant \
    --cli-input-json file://tenant.json

Contents of tenant.json:


{
    "DistributionId": "E2GJ5J9QN12ABC",
    "Domains": [
        {
            "Domain": "example.com"
        }
    ],
    "Parameters": [
        {
            "Name": "tenantName",
            "Value": "first-tenant"
        }
    ],
    "ConnectionGroupId": "cg_2yQEwpipGFN0hhA0ZemPabOABC",
    "Enabled": true,
    "Name": "new-tenant-cf-hosted",
    "ManagedCertificateRequest": {
        "ValidationTokenHost": "cloudfront"
    }
}

Important: To successfully run this command, you must configure a CNAME DNS record that points your new domain (example.com) to the routing endpoint of the connection group that is associated with the distribution tenant. This CNAME record must also be propagated before CloudFront can successfully complete this request.

Output:


{
    "ETag": "E23ZP02F0ABC",
    "DistributionTenant": {
        "Id": "dt_2zhStKrA524GvvTWJX92Ozl1AB",
        "DistributionId": "E2GJ5J9QN12ABC",
        "Name": "new-tenant-cf-hosted",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:cloudfront::123456789012:distribution-tenant/dt_2zhStKrA524GvvTWJX92Ozl1AB",
        "Domains": [
            {
                "Domain": "example.com",
                "Status": "inactive"
            }
        ],
        "Parameters": [
            {
                "Name": "tenantName",
                "Value": "first-tenant"
            }
        ],
        "ConnectionGroupId": "cg_2zhSaGatwwXjTjE42nneZzqABC",
        "CreatedTime": "2025-07-10T21:13:46.416000+00:00",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2025-07-10T21:13:46.416000+00:00",
        "Enabled": true,
        "Status": "InProgress"
    }
}

Example 4: To create a CloudFront distribution tenant using a self-hosted validation token

The following create-distribution-tenant example creates a CloudFront distribution tenant and uses a self-hosted validation token.


aws cloudfront create-distribution-tenant \
    --cli-input-json file://tenant.json

Contents of tenant.json:


{
    "DistributionId": "E2GJ5J9QN12ABC",
    "Domains": [
        {
            "Domain": "example.com"
        }
    ],
    "Parameters": [
        {
            "Name": "tenantName",
            "Value": "first-tenant"
        }
    ],
    "Enabled": true,
    "Name": "new-tenant-self-hosted",
    "ManagedCertificateRequest": {
        "ValidationTokenHost": "self-hosted"
    }
}

Output:


{
    "ETag": "E23ZP02F0ABC",
    "DistributionTenant": {
        "Id": "dt_2zhTFBV93OfFJJ3YMdNM5BC1AB",
        "DistributionId": "E2GJ5J9QN12ABC",
        "Name": "new-tenant-self-hosted",
        "Arn": "arn:aws:cloudfront::123456789012:distribution-tenant/dt_2zhTFBV93OfFJJ3YMdNM5BC1AB",
        "Domains": [
            {
                "Domain": "example.com",
                "Status": "inactive"
            }
        ],
        "Parameters": [
            {
                "Name": "tenantName",
                "Value": "first-tenant"
            }
        ],
        "ConnectionGroupId": "cg_2yQEwpipGFN0hhA0ZemPabOABC",
        "CreatedTime": "2025-07-10T21:16:39.828000+00:00",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2025-07-10T21:16:39.828000+00:00",
        "Enabled": true,
        "Status": "InProgress"
    }
}

Important: After you run this command, the distribution tenant will be created without validation. To validate the managed certificate request and configure the DNS when you're ready to start receiving traffic, see Complete domain setup in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

For more information about creating distribution tenants, see Create a distribution in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

For API details, see CreateDistributionTenant in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use create-distribution-with-tags.

AWS CLI

To create a CloudFront distribution with tags

The following create-distribution-with-tags example creates a distribution with two tags by providing the distribution configuration and tags in a JSON file named dist-config-with-tags.json.


aws cloudfront create-distribution-with-tags \
    --distribution-config-with-tags file://dist-config-with-tags.json

The file dist-config-with-tags.json is a JSON document in the current folder. Note the Tags object at the top of the file, which contains two tags:

Name = ExampleDistributionProject = ExampleProject

Contents of dist-config-with-tags.json:


{
    "Tags": {
        "Items": [
            {
                "Key": "Name",
                "Value": "ExampleDistribution"
            },
            {
                "Key": "Project",
                "Value": "ExampleProject"
            }
        ]
    },
    "DistributionConfig": {
        "CallerReference": "cli-example",
        "Aliases": {
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "DefaultRootObject": "index.html",
        "Origins": {
            "Quantity": 1,
            "Items": [
                {
                    "Id": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com-cli-example",
                    "DomainName": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com",
                    "OriginPath": "",
                    "CustomHeaders": {
                        "Quantity": 0
                    },
                    "S3OriginConfig": {
                        "OriginAccessIdentity": ""
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        "OriginGroups": {
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "DefaultCacheBehavior": {
            "TargetOriginId": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com-cli-example",
            "ForwardedValues": {
                "QueryString": false,
                "Cookies": {
                    "Forward": "none"
                },
                "Headers": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "QueryStringCacheKeys": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                }
            },
            "TrustedSigners": {
                "Enabled": false,
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "ViewerProtocolPolicy": "allow-all",
            "MinTTL": 0,
            "AllowedMethods": {
                "Quantity": 2,
                "Items": [
                    "HEAD",
                    "GET"
                ],
                "CachedMethods": {
                    "Quantity": 2,
                    "Items": [
                        "HEAD",
                        "GET"
                    ]
                }
            },
            "SmoothStreaming": false,
            "DefaultTTL": 86400,
            "MaxTTL": 31536000,
            "Compress": false,
            "LambdaFunctionAssociations": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "FieldLevelEncryptionId": ""
        },
        "CacheBehaviors": {
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "CustomErrorResponses": {
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "Comment": "",
        "Logging": {
            "Enabled": false,
            "IncludeCookies": false,
            "Bucket": "",
            "Prefix": ""
        },
        "PriceClass": "PriceClass_All",
        "Enabled": true,
        "ViewerCertificate": {
            "CloudFrontDefaultCertificate": true,
            "MinimumProtocolVersion": "TLSv1",
            "CertificateSource": "cloudfront"
        },
        "Restrictions": {
            "GeoRestriction": {
                "RestrictionType": "none",
                "Quantity": 0
            }
        },
        "WebACLId": "",
        "HttpVersion": "http2",
        "IsIPV6Enabled": true
    }
}

Output:


{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2019-03-26/distribution/EDFDVBD6EXAMPLE",
    "ETag": "E2QWRUHEXAMPLE",
    "Distribution": {
        "Id": "EDFDVBD6EXAMPLE",
        "ARN": "arn:aws:cloudfront::123456789012:distribution/EDFDVBD6EXAMPLE",
        "Status": "InProgress",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2019-12-04T23:35:41.433Z",
        "InProgressInvalidationBatches": 0,
        "DomainName": "d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net",
        "ActiveTrustedSigners": {
            "Enabled": false,
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "DistributionConfig": {
            "CallerReference": "cli-example",
            "Aliases": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "DefaultRootObject": "index.html",
            "Origins": {
                "Quantity": 1,
                "Items": [
                    {
                        "Id": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com-cli-example",
                        "DomainName": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com",
                        "OriginPath": "",
                        "CustomHeaders": {
                            "Quantity": 0
                        },
                        "S3OriginConfig": {
                            "OriginAccessIdentity": ""
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            "OriginGroups": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "DefaultCacheBehavior": {
                "TargetOriginId": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com-cli-example",
                "ForwardedValues": {
                    "QueryString": false,
                    "Cookies": {
                        "Forward": "none"
                    },
                    "Headers": {
                        "Quantity": 0
                    },
                    "QueryStringCacheKeys": {
                        "Quantity": 0
                    }
                },
                "TrustedSigners": {
                    "Enabled": false,
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "ViewerProtocolPolicy": "allow-all",
                "MinTTL": 0,
                "AllowedMethods": {
                    "Quantity": 2,
                    "Items": [
                        "HEAD",
                        "GET"
                    ],
                    "CachedMethods": {
                        "Quantity": 2,
                        "Items": [
                            "HEAD",
                            "GET"
                        ]
                    }
                },
                "SmoothStreaming": false,
                "DefaultTTL": 86400,
                "MaxTTL": 31536000,
                "Compress": false,
                "LambdaFunctionAssociations": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "FieldLevelEncryptionId": ""
            },
            "CacheBehaviors": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "CustomErrorResponses": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "Comment": "",
            "Logging": {
                "Enabled": false,
                "IncludeCookies": false,
                "Bucket": "",
                "Prefix": ""
            },
            "PriceClass": "PriceClass_All",
            "Enabled": true,
            "ViewerCertificate": {
                "CloudFrontDefaultCertificate": true,
                "MinimumProtocolVersion": "TLSv1",
                "CertificateSource": "cloudfront"
            },
            "Restrictions": {
                "GeoRestriction": {
                    "RestrictionType": "none",
                    "Quantity": 0
                }
            },
            "WebACLId": "",
            "HttpVersion": "http2",
            "IsIPV6Enabled": true
        }
    }
}

For API details, see CreateDistributionWithTags in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use create-distribution.

AWS CLI

Example 1: To create a CloudFront distribution

The following create-distribution example creates a distribution for an S3 bucket named amzn-s3-demo-bucket, and also specifies index.html as the default root object, using command line arguments.


aws cloudfront create-distribution \
    --origin-domain-name amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com \
    --default-root-object index.html

Output:


{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2019-03-26/distribution/EMLARXS9EXAMPLE",
    "ETag": "E9LHASXEXAMPLE",
    "Distribution": {
        "Id": "EMLARXS9EXAMPLE",
        "ARN": "arn:aws:cloudfront::123456789012:distribution/EMLARXS9EXAMPLE",
        "Status": "InProgress",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2019-11-22T00:55:15.705Z",
        "InProgressInvalidationBatches": 0,
        "DomainName": "d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net",
        "ActiveTrustedSigners": {
            "Enabled": false,
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "DistributionConfig": {
            "CallerReference": "cli-example",
            "Aliases": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "DefaultRootObject": "index.html",
            "Origins": {
                "Quantity": 1,
                "Items": [
                    {
                        "Id": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com-cli-example",
                        "DomainName": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com",
                        "OriginPath": "",
                        "CustomHeaders": {
                            "Quantity": 0
                        },
                        "S3OriginConfig": {
                            "OriginAccessIdentity": ""
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            "OriginGroups": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "DefaultCacheBehavior": {
                "TargetOriginId": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com-cli-example",
                "ForwardedValues": {
                    "QueryString": false,
                    "Cookies": {
                        "Forward": "none"
                    },
                    "Headers": {
                        "Quantity": 0
                    },
                    "QueryStringCacheKeys": {
                        "Quantity": 0
                    }
                },
                "TrustedSigners": {
                    "Enabled": false,
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "ViewerProtocolPolicy": "allow-all",
                "MinTTL": 0,
                "AllowedMethods": {
                    "Quantity": 2,
                    "Items": [
                        "HEAD",
                        "GET"
                    ],
                    "CachedMethods": {
                        "Quantity": 2,
                        "Items": [
                            "HEAD",
                            "GET"
                        ]
                    }
                },
                "SmoothStreaming": false,
                "DefaultTTL": 86400,
                "MaxTTL": 31536000,
                "Compress": false,
                "LambdaFunctionAssociations": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "FieldLevelEncryptionId": ""
            },
            "CacheBehaviors": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "CustomErrorResponses": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "Comment": "",
            "Logging": {
                "Enabled": false,
                "IncludeCookies": false,
                "Bucket": "",
                "Prefix": ""
            },
            "PriceClass": "PriceClass_All",
            "Enabled": true,
            "ViewerCertificate": {
                "CloudFrontDefaultCertificate": true,
                "MinimumProtocolVersion": "TLSv1",
                "CertificateSource": "cloudfront"
            },
            "Restrictions": {
                "GeoRestriction": {
                    "RestrictionType": "none",
                    "Quantity": 0
                }
            },
            "WebACLId": "",
            "HttpVersion": "http2",
            "IsIPV6Enabled": true
        }
    }
}

Example 2: To create a CloudFront distribution using a JSON file

The following create-distribution example creates a distribution for an S3 bucket named amzn-s3-demo-bucket, and also specifies index.html as the default root object, using a JSON file.


aws cloudfront create-distribution \
    --distribution-config file://dist-config.json

Contents of dist-config.json:


{
    "CallerReference": "cli-example",
    "Aliases": {
        "Quantity": 0
    },
    "DefaultRootObject": "index.html",
    "Origins": {
        "Quantity": 1,
        "Items": [
            {
                "Id": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com-cli-example",
                "DomainName": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com",
                "OriginPath": "",
                "CustomHeaders": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "S3OriginConfig": {
                    "OriginAccessIdentity": ""
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "OriginGroups": {
        "Quantity": 0
    },
    "DefaultCacheBehavior": {
        "TargetOriginId": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com-cli-example",
        "ForwardedValues": {
            "QueryString": false,
            "Cookies": {
                "Forward": "none"
            },
            "Headers": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "QueryStringCacheKeys": {
                "Quantity": 0
            }
        },
        "TrustedSigners": {
            "Enabled": false,
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "ViewerProtocolPolicy": "allow-all",
        "MinTTL": 0,
        "AllowedMethods": {
            "Quantity": 2,
            "Items": [
                "HEAD",
                "GET"
            ],
            "CachedMethods": {
                "Quantity": 2,
                "Items": [
                    "HEAD",
                    "GET"
                ]
            }
        },
        "SmoothStreaming": false,
        "DefaultTTL": 86400,
        "MaxTTL": 31536000,
        "Compress": false,
        "LambdaFunctionAssociations": {
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "FieldLevelEncryptionId": ""
    },
    "CacheBehaviors": {
        "Quantity": 0
    },
    "CustomErrorResponses": {
        "Quantity": 0
    },
    "Comment": "",
    "Logging": {
        "Enabled": false,
        "IncludeCookies": false,
        "Bucket": "",
        "Prefix": ""
    },
    "PriceClass": "PriceClass_All",
    "Enabled": true,
    "ViewerCertificate": {
        "CloudFrontDefaultCertificate": true,
        "MinimumProtocolVersion": "TLSv1",
        "CertificateSource": "cloudfront"
    },
    "Restrictions": {
        "GeoRestriction": {
            "RestrictionType": "none",
            "Quantity": 0
        }
    },
    "WebACLId": "",
    "HttpVersion": "http2",
    "IsIPV6Enabled": true
}

See Example 1 for sample output.

Example 3: To create a CloudFront multi-tenant distribution with a certificate

The following create-distribution example creates a CloudFront distribution with multi-tenant support and a specifies a TLS certificate.


aws cloudfront create-distribution \
    --distribution-config file://dist-config.json

Contents of dist-config.json:


{
    "CallerReference": "cli-example-with-cert",
    "Comment": "CLI example distribution",
    "DefaultRootObject": "index.html",
    "Origins": {
        "Quantity": 1,
        "Items": [
            {
                "Id": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
                "DomainName": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
                "OriginPath": "/{{tenantName}}",
                "CustomHeaders": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "S3OriginConfig": {
                    "OriginAccessIdentity": ""
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "DefaultCacheBehavior": {
        "TargetOriginId": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
        "CachePolicyId": "658327ea-f89d-4fab-a63d-7e88639e5ABC",
        "ViewerProtocolPolicy": "allow-all",
        "AllowedMethods": {
            "Quantity": 2,
            "Items": ["HEAD", "GET"],
            "CachedMethods": {
                "Quantity": 2,
                "Items": ["HEAD", "GET"]
            }
        }
    },
    "Enabled": true,
    "ViewerCertificate": {
        "ACMCertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:certificate/191306a1-db01-49ca-90ef-fc414ee5dabc",
        "SSLSupportMethod": "sni-only"
    },
    "HttpVersion": "http2",
    "ConnectionMode": "tenant-only",
    "TenantConfig": {
        "ParameterDefinitions": [
            {
                "Name": "tenantName",
                "Definition": {
                    "StringSchema": {
                        "Comment": "tenantName parameter",
                        "DefaultValue": "root",
                        "Required": false
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Output:


{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2020-05-31/distribution/E1HVIAU7UABC",
    "ETag": "E20LT7R1BABC",
    "Distribution": {
        "Id": "E1HVIAU7U12ABC",
        "ARN": "arn:aws:cloudfront::123456789012:distribution/E1HVIAU7U12ABC",
        "Status": "InProgress",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2025-07-10T20:33:31.117000+00:00",
        "InProgressInvalidationBatches": 0,
        "DomainName": "example.com",
        "ActiveTrustedSigners": {
            "Enabled": false,
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "ActiveTrustedKeyGroups": {
            "Enabled": false,
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "DistributionConfig": {
            "CallerReference": "cli-example-with-cert",
            "DefaultRootObject": "index.html",
            "Origins": {
                "Quantity": 1,
                "Items": [
                    {
                        "Id": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
                        "DomainName": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
                        "OriginPath": "/{{tenantName}}",
                        "CustomHeaders": {
                            "Quantity": 0
                        },
                        "S3OriginConfig": {
                            "OriginAccessIdentity": ""
                        },
                        "ConnectionAttempts": 3,
                        "ConnectionTimeout": 10,
                        "OriginShield": {
                            "Enabled": false
                        },
                        "OriginAccessControlId": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            "OriginGroups": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "DefaultCacheBehavior": {
                "TargetOriginId": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
                "TrustedKeyGroups": {
                    "Enabled": false,
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "ViewerProtocolPolicy": "allow-all",
                "AllowedMethods": {
                    "Quantity": 2,
                    "Items": ["HEAD", "GET"],
                    "CachedMethods": {
                        "Quantity": 2,
                        "Items": ["HEAD", "GET"]
                    }
                },
                "Compress": false,
                "LambdaFunctionAssociations": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "FunctionAssociations": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "FieldLevelEncryptionId": "",
                "CachePolicyId": "658327ea-f89d-4fab-a63d-7e88639e5ABC",
                "GrpcConfig": {
                    "Enabled": false
                }
            },
            "CacheBehaviors": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "CustomErrorResponses": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "Comment": "CLI example distribution",
            "Logging": {
                "Enabled": false,
                "IncludeCookies": false,
                "Bucket": "",
                "Prefix": ""
            },
            "Enabled": true,
            "ViewerCertificate": {
                "CloudFrontDefaultCertificate": false,
                "ACMCertificateArn": "arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:certificate/1954f095-11b6-4daf-9952-0c308a00abc",
                "SSLSupportMethod": "sni-only",
                "MinimumProtocolVersion": "TLSv1.2_2021",
                "Certificate": "arn:aws:acm:us-east-1:123456789012:certificate/1954f095-11b6-4daf-9952-0c308a00abc",
                "CertificateSource": "acm"
            },
            "Restrictions": {
                "GeoRestriction": {
                    "RestrictionType": "none",
                    "Quantity": 0
                }
            },
            "WebACLId": "",
            "HttpVersion": "http2",
            "TenantConfig": {
                "ParameterDefinitions": [
                    {
                        "Name": "tenantName",
                        "Definition": {
                            "StringSchema": {
                                "Comment": "tenantName parameter",
                                "DefaultValue": "root",
                                "Required": false
                            }
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            "ConnectionMode": "tenant-only"
        }
    }
}

For more information, see Working with distributions in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

Example 4: To create a CloudFront multi-tenant distribution without a certificate

The following create-distribution example creates a CloudFront distribution with multi-tenant support but without a TLS certificate.


aws cloudfront create-distribution \
    --distribution-config file://dist-config.json

Contents of dist-config.json:


{
    "CallerReference": "cli-example",
    "Comment": "CLI example distribution",
    "DefaultRootObject": "index.html",
    "Origins": {
        "Quantity": 1,
        "Items": [
            {
                "Id": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
                "DomainName": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
                "OriginPath": "/{{tenantName}}",
                "CustomHeaders": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "S3OriginConfig": {
                    "OriginAccessIdentity": ""
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "DefaultCacheBehavior": {
        "TargetOriginId": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
        "CachePolicyId": "658327ea-f89d-4fab-a63d-7e88639e5ABC",
        "ViewerProtocolPolicy": "allow-all",
        "AllowedMethods": {
            "Quantity": 2,
            "Items": [
                "HEAD",
                "GET"
            ],
            "CachedMethods": {
                "Quantity": 2,
                "Items": [
                    "HEAD",
                    "GET"
                ]
            }
        }
    },
    "Enabled": true,
    "HttpVersion": "http2",
    "ConnectionMode": "tenant-only",
    "TenantConfig": {
        "ParameterDefinitions": [
            {
                "Name": "tenantName",
                "Definition": {
                    "StringSchema": {
                        "Comment": "tenantName parameter",
                        "DefaultValue": "root",
                        "Required": false
                    }
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Output:


{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2020-05-31/distribution/E2GJ5J9QN12ABC",
    "ETag": "E37YLVVQIABC",
    "Distribution": {
        "Id": "E2GJ5J9QNABC",
        "ARN": "arn:aws:cloudfront::123456789012:distribution/E2GJ5J9QN12ABC",
        "Status": "InProgress",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2025-07-10T20:35:20.565000+00:00",
        "InProgressInvalidationBatches": 0,
        "DomainName": "example.com",
        "ActiveTrustedSigners": {
            "Enabled": false,
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "ActiveTrustedKeyGroups": {
            "Enabled": false,
            "Quantity": 0
        },
        "DistributionConfig": {
            "CallerReference": "cli-example-no-cert",
            "DefaultRootObject": "index.html",
            "Origins": {
                "Quantity": 1,
                "Items": [
                    {
                        "Id": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
                        "DomainName": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
                        "OriginPath": "/{{tenantName}}",
                        "CustomHeaders": {
                            "Quantity": 0
                        },
                        "S3OriginConfig": {
                            "OriginAccessIdentity": ""
                        },
                        "ConnectionAttempts": 3,
                        "ConnectionTimeout": 10,
                        "OriginShield": {
                            "Enabled": false
                        },
                        "OriginAccessControlId": ""
                    }
                ]
            },
            "OriginGroups": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "DefaultCacheBehavior": {
                "TargetOriginId": "amzn-s3-demo-bucket.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com",
                "TrustedKeyGroups": {
                    "Enabled": false,
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "ViewerProtocolPolicy": "allow-all",
                "AllowedMethods": {
                    "Quantity": 2,
                    "Items": [
                        "HEAD",
                        "GET"
                    ],
                    "CachedMethods": {
                        "Quantity": 2,
                        "Items": [
                            "HEAD",
                            "GET"
                        ]
                    }
                },
                "Compress": false,
                "LambdaFunctionAssociations": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "FunctionAssociations": {
                    "Quantity": 0
                },
                "FieldLevelEncryptionId": "",
                "CachePolicyId": "658327ea-f89d-4fab-a63d-7e88639e5ABC",
                "GrpcConfig": {
                    "Enabled": false
                }
            },
            "CacheBehaviors": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "CustomErrorResponses": {
                "Quantity": 0
            },
            "Comment": "CLI example distribution",
            "Logging": {
                "Enabled": false,
                "IncludeCookies": false,
                "Bucket": "",
                "Prefix": ""
            },
            "Enabled": true,
            "ViewerCertificate": {
                "CloudFrontDefaultCertificate": true,
                "SSLSupportMethod": "sni-only",
                "MinimumProtocolVersion": "TLSv1",
                "CertificateSource": "cloudfront"
            },
            "Restrictions": {
                "GeoRestriction": {
                    "RestrictionType": "none",
                    "Quantity": 0
                }
            },
            "WebACLId": "",
            "HttpVersion": "http2",
            "TenantConfig": {
                "ParameterDefinitions": [
                    {
                        "Name": "tenantName",
                        "Definition": {
                            "StringSchema": {
                                "Comment": "tenantName parameter",
                                "DefaultValue": "root",
                                "Required": false
                            }
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            "ConnectionMode": "tenant-only"
        }
    }
}

For more information, see Configure distributions in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

For API details, see CreateDistribution in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use create-field-level-encryption-config.

AWS CLI

To create a CloudFront field-level encryption configuration

The following example creates a field-level encryption configuration by providing the configuration parameters in a JSON file named fle-config.json. Before you can create a field-level encryption configuration, you must have a field-level encryption profile. To create a profile, see the create-field-level-encryption-profile command.

For more information about CloudFront field-level encryption, see Using Field-Level Encryption to Help Protect Sensitive Data in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.


aws cloudfront create-field-level-encryption-config \
    --field-level-encryption-config file://fle-config.json

The file fle-config.json is a JSON document in the current folder that contains the following:


{
    "CallerReference": "cli-example",
    "Comment": "Example FLE configuration",
    "QueryArgProfileConfig": {
        "ForwardWhenQueryArgProfileIsUnknown": true,
        "QueryArgProfiles": {
            "Quantity": 0
        }
    },
    "ContentTypeProfileConfig": {
        "ForwardWhenContentTypeIsUnknown": true,
        "ContentTypeProfiles": {
            "Quantity": 1,
            "Items": [
                {
                    "Format": "URLEncoded",
                    "ProfileId": "P280MFCLSYOCVU",
                    "ContentType": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}

Output:


{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2019-03-26/field-level-encryption/C3KM2WVD605UAY",
    "ETag": "E2P4Z4VU7TY5SG",
    "FieldLevelEncryption": {
        "Id": "C3KM2WVD605UAY",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2019-12-10T21:30:18.974Z",
        "FieldLevelEncryptionConfig": {
            "CallerReference": "cli-example",
            "Comment": "Example FLE configuration",
            "QueryArgProfileConfig": {
                "ForwardWhenQueryArgProfileIsUnknown": true,
                "QueryArgProfiles": {
                    "Quantity": 0,
                    "Items": []
                }
            },
            "ContentTypeProfileConfig": {
                "ForwardWhenContentTypeIsUnknown": true,
                "ContentTypeProfiles": {
                    "Quantity": 1,
                    "Items": [
                        {
                            "Format": "URLEncoded",
                            "ProfileId": "P280MFCLSYOCVU",
                            "ContentType": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

For API details, see CreateFieldLevelEncryptionConfig in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use create-field-level-encryption-profile.

AWS CLI

To create a CloudFront field-level encryption profile

The following example creates a field-level encryption profile by providing the parameters in a JSON file named fle-profile-config.json. Before you can create a field-level encryption profile, you must have a CloudFront public key. To create a CloudFront public key, see the create-public-key command.

For more information about CloudFront field-level encryption, see Using Field-Level Encryption to Help Protect Sensitive Data in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.


aws cloudfront create-field-level-encryption-profile \
    --field-level-encryption-profile-config file://fle-profile-config.json

The file fle-profile-config.json is a JSON document in the current folder that contains the following:


{
    "Name": "ExampleFLEProfile",
    "CallerReference": "cli-example",
    "Comment": "FLE profile for AWS CLI example",
    "EncryptionEntities": {
        "Quantity": 1,
        "Items": [
            {
                "PublicKeyId": "K2K8NC4HVFE3M0",
                "ProviderId": "ExampleFLEProvider",
                "FieldPatterns": {
                    "Quantity": 1,
                    "Items": [
                        "ExampleSensitiveField"
                    ]
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Output:


{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2019-03-26/field-level-encryption-profile/PPK0UOSIF5WSV",
    "ETag": "E2QWRUHEXAMPLE",
    "FieldLevelEncryptionProfile": {
        "Id": "PPK0UOSIF5WSV",
        "LastModifiedTime": "2019-12-10T01:03:16.537Z",
        "FieldLevelEncryptionProfileConfig": {
            "Name": "ExampleFLEProfile",
            "CallerReference": "cli-example",
            "Comment": "FLE profile for AWS CLI example",
            "EncryptionEntities": {
                "Quantity": 1,
                "Items": [
                    {
                        "PublicKeyId": "K2K8NC4HVFE3M0",
                        "ProviderId": "ExampleFLEProvider",
                        "FieldPatterns": {
                            "Quantity": 1,
                            "Items": [
                                "ExampleSensitiveField"
                            ]
                        }
                    }
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

For API details, see CreateFieldLevelEncryptionProfile in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use create-invalidation-for-distribution-tenant.

AWS CLI

To create a CloudFront invalidation for a distribution tenant

The following create-invalidation-for-distribution-tenant example creates an invalidation for all files in a CloudFront distribution tenant.


aws cloudfront create-invalidation-for-distribution-tenant \
    --id dt_2wjDZi3hD1ivOXf6rpZJO1AB \
    --invalidation-batch '{"Paths": {"Quantity": 1, "Items": ["/*"]}, "CallerReference": "invalidation-'$(date +%s)'"}'

Output:


{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2020-05-31/distribution-tenant/dt_2wjDZi3hD1ivOXf6rpZJO1AB/invalidation/I2JGL2F1ZAA426PGG0YLLKABC",
    "Invalidation": {
        "Id": "I2JGL2F1ZAA426PGG0YLLKABC",
        "Status": "InProgress",
        "CreateTime": "2025-05-07T16:59:25.947000+00:00",
        "InvalidationBatch": {
            "Paths": {
                "Quantity": 1,
                "Items": [
                    "/*"
                ]
            },
            "CallerReference": "invalidation-1783101622"
        }
    }
}

For more information, see Invalidate files to remove content in the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide.

For API details, see CreateInvalidationForDistributionTenant in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use create-invalidation.

AWS CLI

To create an invalidation for a CloudFront distribution

The following create-invalidation example creates an invalidation for the specified files in the specified CloudFront distribution:


aws cloudfront create-invalidation \
    --distribution-id EDFDVBD6EXAMPLE \
    --paths "/example-path/example-file.jpg" "/example-path/example-file2.png"

Output:


{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2019-03-26/distribution/EDFDVBD6EXAMPLE/invalidation/I1JLWSDAP8FU89",
    "Invalidation": {
        "Id": "I1JLWSDAP8FU89",
        "Status": "InProgress",
        "CreateTime": "2019-12-05T18:24:51.407Z",
        "InvalidationBatch": {
            "Paths": {
                "Quantity": 2,
                "Items": [
                    "/example-path/example-file2.png",
                    "/example-path/example-file.jpg"
                ]
            },
            "CallerReference": "cli-1575570291-670203"
        }
    }
}

In the previous example, the AWS CLI automatically generated a random CallerReference. To specify your own CallerReference, or to avoid passing the invalidation parameters as command line arguments, you can use a JSON file. The following example creates an invalidation for two files, by providing the invalidation parameters in a JSON file named inv-batch.json:


aws cloudfront create-invalidation \
    --distribution-id EDFDVBD6EXAMPLE \
    --invalidation-batch file://inv-batch.json

Contents of inv-batch.json:


{
    "Paths": {
        "Quantity": 2,
        "Items": [
            "/example-path/example-file.jpg",
            "/example-path/example-file2.png"
        ]
    },
    "CallerReference": "cli-example"
}

Output:


{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2019-03-26/distribution/EDFDVBD6EXAMPLE/invalidation/I2J0I21PCUYOIK",
    "Invalidation": {
        "Id": "I2J0I21PCUYOIK",
        "Status": "InProgress",
        "CreateTime": "2019-12-05T18:40:49.413Z",
        "InvalidationBatch": {
            "Paths": {
                "Quantity": 2,
                "Items": [
                    "/example-path/example-file.jpg",
                    "/example-path/example-file2.png"
                ]
            },
            "CallerReference": "cli-example"
        }
    }
}

For API details, see CreateInvalidation in AWS CLI Command Reference.

The following code example shows how to use create-public-key.