aws cloudfront create-invalidation

Create a new invalidation. AWS CLI reference

1 example 2 options Its page in the AWS CLI reference

Examples

from aws-cli, each command read by CmdID

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"

Identify

--distribution-idThe distribution's id.

Its 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.jsonIdentify

--distribution-idThe distribution's id.

--invalidation-batchThe batch information for the invalidation.

Contents of inv-batch.json:

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

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

Options

2 in the AWS CLI reference

--distribution-idThe distribution's id.

--invalidation-batchThe batch information for the invalidation.