Automate CloudFront Cache Invalidation

#aws #cloudfront #cloudcomputing

If you are using CloudFront distribution to serve your users, it will be good to be able to automate cache invalidation by using this command:

Replace stackName with the name of your Cloudformation stack.

distributionId=$(aws cloudformation describe-stacks --stack-name stackName --query "Stacks[0].Outputs[?OutputKey=='DistributionId'].OutputValue" --output text)

echo distributionId

aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id $distributionId --paths "/*"