AWS CloudFormation CloudFront CDN

Overview

Create production-ready CDN infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation templates. This skill covers CloudFront distributions, multiple origins (ALB, S3, API Gateway, Lambda@Edge, VPC Origins), CacheBehaviors, Functions, SecurityHeaders, and best practices for parameters, outputs, and cross-stack references.

When to Use

• Creating CloudFront distributions with CloudFormation
• Configuring origins (ALB, S3, Lambda@Edge, VPC Origins) with path patterns
• Implementing caching with CacheBehaviors and Cache Policies
• Configuring custom domains with ACM and SecurityHeaders
• Integrating WAF with CloudFront distributions

Instructions

Follow these steps to create CloudFront distributions with CloudFormation:

1. Define Distribution Parameters