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CloudfrontDistribution


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Resource Overview​

Amazon CloudFront accelerates the delivery of static and dynamic web content such as .html, .css, .php, images, and media files. When users request content, CloudFront delivers it through a global network of edge locations that provide low latency and high performance.

Associated Resources​

Parent Resources​

Connected Resources​

Resource Configuration​

Basic Settings​

  • enabled : Whether the distribution is enabled - true, false
  • price_class : Pricing class for the CloudFront distribution - PriceClass_100, PriceClass_200, PriceClass_All
  • http_version : Maximum supported HTTP version - http1.1, http2
  • is_ipv6_enabled : Whether IPv6 is enabled - true, false
  • linked_waf_web_acl_name : Name of the WAF Web ACL used for security protection
  • tag : Tags used to categorize the resource

Origin Settings (origin)​

  • origin.origin_type : Origin type - s3, custom
  • origin.linked_resource_name : S3 Bucket to associate when using an S3 origin
  • origin.domain : DNS domain name when using a custom origin
  • origin.shield_enabled : Whether Origin Shield is enabled - true, false
  • origin.shield_region : AWS region code for Origin Shield

Origin Group (origin_group)​

  • origin_group.first_origin_name : First origin name
  • origin_group.second_origin_name : Second origin name
  • origin_group.failover_criteria : List of HTTP status codes for failover criteria

Cache Behavior (cache_behavior)​

  • cache_behavior.path_pattern : Request path pattern to which the cache behavior applies
  • cache_behavior.compress : Whether automatic compression is enabled - true, false
  • cache_behavior.viewer_protocol_policy : Viewer protocol policy - allow-all, https-only, redirect-to-https
  • cache_behavior.allowed_methods : List of HTTP methods that CloudFront processes
  • cache_behavior.cached_methods : List of HTTP methods to cache
  • cache_behavior.origin_name : Origin name to forward requests to
  • cache_behavior.linked_cache_policy_name : Cache Policy to associate

Distribution Restrictions (restriction)​

  • restriction.type : Geographic restriction type - whitelist, blacklist, none
  • restriction.locations : List of ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country codes

Certificate Settings (viewer_certificate)​

  • viewer_certificate.default_certificate_enabled : Whether to use the default CloudFront certificate
  • viewer_certificate.acm_certificate_name : Name of the ACM certificate to use
  • viewer_certificate.iam_certificate_id : IAM certificate ID to use
  • viewer_certificate.legacy_client_support_enabled : Whether legacy HTTPS clients are supported
  • viewer_certificate.minimum_protocol_version : Minimum SSL/TLS protocol version

Logging Settings (logging)​

  • logging.logging_enabled : Whether access logging is enabled - true, false
  • logging.logging_s3_bucket_name : S3 Bucket used to store logs
  • logging.logging_file_prefix : Log file prefix
  • logging.logging_include_cookies : Whether cookies are included in logs - true, false

Tags​

  • tag : Tags used to categorize the resource

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