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How to Create Distribution on Amazon S3 Bucket

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:

  1. Run Bucket Explorer.
  2. 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.
  3. It displays a "List distribution" window having list of already created distributions.
  4. To create new distribution choose "New" icon from toolbar of List distribution window.
  5. It opens new window to create distribution, now you need to set configuration for distribution.
    To set configuration you need to give following information:
    • Select bucket name from drop down list.
    • Select distribution type "PUBLIC".
    • To create disable a distribution deselect check box "Enable Distribution", by default it is enabled.
    • If you want to give comments for distribution then write comment in comment text field.
    • 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).
  6. After setting the entire values for distribution click on "Create" Button it will create distribution for your specified bucket.

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