AWS Cloudfront Invalidation Not Working As Expected

AWS CloudFront Invalidation via Console

Step-by-Step:

1. Open the CloudFront Console:

Go to the AWS CloudFront console.

2. Select Your Distribution:

In the CloudFront dashboard, find the distribution you want to invalidate and click on its ID to open the distribution details.

3. Go to the Invalidations Tab:

In the distribution details page, click on the “Invalidations” tab.

4. Create Invalidation:

Click on “Create Invalidation”.
In the dialog that appears, specify the paths you want to invalidate. For example:

• /* to invalidate all files.
• /index.html to invalidate a specific file.

5.Confirm the Invalidation:

Click “Invalidate” to submit the request. The invalidation will be processed and should take a few minutes to propagate across the edge locations.

You can check the status of the invalidation in the Invalidations tab.

AWS CloudFront Invalidation via CLI

Prerequisites:
You need to have the AWS CLI installed and configured on your machine. If you haven’t set it up, you can follow the AWS CLI installation guide.

CLI Command Example:
To create an invalidation using the AWS CLI, follow these steps:

1. Run the following command:

aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id --paths "/*"
Replace with your CloudFront distribution ID.
Replace “/*” with the path you want to invalidate. For example, you can invalidate just one file like /index.html or all files with /*.

Example Command:
aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id E1A2BC3DEF456 --paths "/index.html" "/images/*"
This command will invalidate /index.html and all files under the /images/ directory.

2. Check Invalidation Status:

You can list invalidations for a specific distribution using this command:
aws cloudfront list-invalidations --distribution-id