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CDN: CloudFront

When to use CloudFront

Use CloudFront when hosting behind AWS edge distributions and you want automated invalidations after content publish.

Required settings

  • distribution ID,
  • IAM access key and secret,
  • region (commonly us-east-1 for CloudFront API operations),
  • IAM policy allowing create/get invalidation on target distribution.

Routing and cache rules

Recommended rules:

  • invalidate only affected paths when possible,
  • use least-privilege IAM policies per distribution,
  • monitor invalidation volume and propagation delay.

Validation checklist

  • credentials pass save/test,
  • invalidation entries appear in CloudFront console after publish,
  • refreshed content reaches edge locations as expected.