How can I update files on Amazon's CDN (CloudFront)?

Question

Is there any way to update files stored on Amazon CloudFront (Amazon\'s CDN service)? Seems like it won\'t take any update of a file we make (e.g. removing the file and stor

Answer 1

Set TTL=1 hour and replace

http://developer.amazonwebservices.com/connect/ann.jspa?annID=655

Answer 2

Download Cloudberry Explorer freeware version to do this on single files: http://blog.cloudberrylab.com/2010/08/how-to-manage-cloudfront-object.html

Answer 3

Amazon added an Invalidation Feature. This is API Reference.

Sample Request from the API Reference:

POST /2010-08-01/distribution/[distribution ID]/invalidation HTTP/1.0
Host: cloudfront.amazonaws.com
Authorization: [AWS authentication string]
Content-Type: text/xml

<InvalidationBatch>
   <Path>/image1.jpg</Path>
   <Path>/image2.jpg</Path>
   <Path>/videos/movie.flv</Path>
   <CallerReference>my-batch</CallerReference>
</InvalidationBatch>