Invalidate A CloudFront Distribution By Domain Name

May 2020

Hardcoded CloudFront distribution ids can be avoided by querying the distribution list for a particular domain.

Bash example:

# get the CloudFront Id
CF_DISTRIBUTION_ID=$(aws cloudfront list-distributions \
  --query "DistributionList.Items[?contains(Aliases.Items[0], "example.com")] | [0].Id" \
  --output text
)

# create invalidation
aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id ${CF_DISTRIBUTION_ID} --paths "/*"
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