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Amazon CloudFront is a web service for content delivery. It integrates with other AWS services to give you an easy way to distribute content to end users with low latency and high data transfer speeds.

This is the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide. This section describes who should read this guide, how the guide is organized, and other resources related to Amazon CloudFront.

We will refer to the following Amazon Web Services (AWS) products using the following abbreviated forms; all copyrights and legal protections still apply.

Full Name Abbreviated Form

Amazon CloudFront

CloudFront

Amazon Simple Storage Service

Amazon S3

For a description of what's new in this release of the Amazon CloudFront Developer Guide, see What's New.

Who Should Read this Guide

This guide is intended for developers who want to use Amazon CloudFront to distribute content to end users. If you're not a developer or would rather use Amazon CloudFront with a friendly interface, we recommend the AWS Management Console. For information about using CloudFront with the console, go to the Amazon CloudFront Getting Started Guide.

If you want detailed information about the CloudFront API actions, go to the Amazon CloudFront API Reference.

Required Knowledge and Skills

Use of this guide assumes you are familiar with the following:

You should also have read the Amazon CloudFront Getting Started Guide, which includes instructions for using CloudFront for the first time.

Business Requirements

To use Amazon CloudFront, you must have an AWS account and be signed up to use both CloudFront and Amazon S3. When you sign up for CloudFront, you'll be prompted to sign up for Amazon S3 if you're not already signed up. Instructions are included in the Amazon CloudFront Getting Started Guide.

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The online version of this guide provides a link at the top and bottom of each page that enables you to enter feedback about this guide. We strive to make our guides as complete, error free, and easy to read as possible. You can help by giving us feedback. Thank you in advance!

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How This Guide Is Organized

This guide is organized into several major sections described in the following table.

Information Relevant Sections

What's new

General and conceptual information about CloudFront

Using CloudFront, objects, and distributions

How to create requests, authenticate requests, and understand responses for the control API

In addition, there is a glossary and an overview of our typographical conventions. Each section is written to stand on its own, so you should be able to look up the information you need and go back to work. However, you can also read through the major sections sequentially to get in-depth knowledge about CloudFront.

Amazon CloudFront Resources

The following table lists related resources that you'll find useful as you work with this service.

Resource Description

Amazon CloudFront Getting Started Guide

The getting started guide provides instructions for using the service for the first time.

Amazon CloudFront API Reference

The API reference gives the schema location; complete descriptions of the API actions, parameters, and data types; and a list of errors that the service returns.

Amazon CloudFront Schema Documentation The schema documentation gives an easy-to-view, graphical representation of the service's schema.
Amazon CloudFront Release Notes The release notes give a high-level overview of the current release. They specifically note any new features, corrections, and known issues.

Technical documentation for the Amazon Simple Storage Service

The technical documentation provides a detailed discussion of the service. It includes the basics of getting started, an overview of the service, programming reference, and API reference.

AWS Developer Resource Center

A central starting point to find documentation, code samples, release notes, and other information to help you build innovative applications with AWS.

AWS Management Console

The console allows you to perform most of the functions of Amazon CloudFront without programming.

Discussion Forums

A community-based forum for developers to discuss technical questions related to Amazon CloudFront.

AWS Support Center

The home page for AWS Technical Support, including access to our Developer Forums, Technical FAQs, Service Status page, and Premium Support (if you are subscribed to this program).

AWS Premium Support Information

The primary web page for information about AWS Premium Support, a one-on-one, fast-response support channel to help you build and run applications on AWS Infrastructure Services.

Amazon CloudFront product information The primary web page for information about Amazon CloudFront.

Contact Us

A central contact point for inquiries concerning AWS billing, account, events, abuse, etc.

Conditions of Use

Detailed information about the copyright and trademark usage at Amazon.com and other topics.