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Bucket Explorer :: Cloudfront :: Bucket Explorer : How it works?

1. How to use Amazon CloudFront services to improve hosting media files?
2. How to create private distribution?
3. How to update distribution?
4. How to create streaming distribution?
5. What do you mean by distribution with custom origin and how can it be used in Bucket Explorer?
6. How can I create Amazon CloudFront Distribution using HTTPS protocol ?
7. Why I am unable to create distribution on my bucket?
8. How to stream a video from Amazon S3?
9. How does Amazon CloudFront works?
10. How can I manage distribution on Amazon S3 bucket?
11. How to create distribution on Amazon S3 bucket?
12. I don't want to use a particular distribution on my bucket, what should I do now?
13. How can I set invalidation for streaming distribution(Public/Private) using Bucket Explorer?
14. How to create private streaming distribution?

How to create distribution on Amazon S3 bucket?

  • Run Bucket Explorer.
  • 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.
  • It displays a " List distribution " window having list of already created distributions.
  • To create new distribution choose " New " icon from toolbar of List distribution window.
  • It opens a 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.
    • To 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).
  • After setting the entire values for distribution click on "Create" Button it will create distribution for your specified bucket

For more details about creating distribution follow this link : How to create distribution on bucket?