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How to Update Distribution on Amazon S3 Bucket?

A distribution is a link between an Amazon S3 bucket (the origin server) and a domain name (Which Amazon CloudFront assigns). You use this new domain name in place of standard Amazon S3 references.

Update Distribution :

This feature provides facility to update distribution. You can update a distribution's configuration at any time means you can update existing distribution. The only parts of the distribution's configuration you can update are the CNAME’s, the comments and whether the distribution is enabled. Bucket Explorer also supporting  create distribution for non s3 origin.
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If you want to update distribution of any bucket, you need to follow these steps :

  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 update distribution select particular distribution from List distribution table and click on "update" icon from toolbar of "List distribution" window.
  5. It opens new window to update distribution having information about distribution as domain name, bucket name, status, Enabled/Disabled, CNAME and Comment and default object associated with that distribution.
  6. You can update only comment and CNAME(s).
  7. You can also enable or disable distribution.
  8. After setting the entire values which you want to update for distribution click on "Update" Button .
  9. It will update distribution with new configuration.

NOTE :   When you update a distribution's configuration, you replace the entire configuration object with a new one; you don't add to the existing configuration. This distinction is important to remember when adding an additional CNAME alias to a distribution that already has one. Make sure to include the original CNAME alias in Distribution config object else your update will erase the original CNAME alias and will add the new one.

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