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A distribution is a link between an
Amazon S3 bucket
(the origin server) and a domain name (assign by
Amazon CloudFront
). You use this new domain name in place of standard Amazon S3 references.
Create Distribution:
Once you've stored your objects in your origin server. To make Amazon CloudFront recognize your objects, you need to create a distribution, which is a link between an Amazon S3 bucket (the origin server) and a domain name (which Amazon CloudFront automatically assigns). To create a distribution you need to set a configuration in which you specify Bucket name, CNAME(s), Comment, Enable/Disable. In configuration CNAME(s) and Comment are optional.
Follow the steps
below to create distribution for any Amazon S3 bucket:
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Run Bucket Explorer.
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Choose "Distribution" icon from Bucket table toolbar or you can do same by selecting "Manage Distribution" option from right click menu option of any bucket.
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It displays a "List distribution" window having list of already created distributions.
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To create new distribution choose "New" icon from toolbar of List distribution window.
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It opens new window to create distribution, now you need to set configuration for distribution.
To set configuration you need to give following information:
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Select bucket name from drop down list.
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Select distribution type "PUBLIC".
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To create disable a distribution deselect check box "Enable Distribution", by default it is enabled.
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If you want to give comments for distribution then write comment in comment text field.
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Add CNAME(s) to list box by clicking "+" button and you can remove CNAME(s) by clicking "-" button. You can give maximum up to 10 CNAME(s).
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After setting the entire values for distribution click on "Create" Button it will create distribution for your specified bucket.
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