Force CloudFront distribution/file update

Question

I\'m using Amazon\'s CloudFront to serve static files of my web apps.

Is there no way to tell a cloudfront distribution that it needs to refresh it\'s file or point

Answer 1

In ruby, using the fog gem

AWS_ACCESS_KEY = ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID']
AWS_SECRET_KEY = ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']
AWS_DISTRIBUTION_ID = ENV['AWS_DISTRIBUTION_ID']

conn = Fog::CDN.new(
    :provider => 'AWS',
    :aws_access_key_id => AWS_ACCESS_KEY,
    :aws_secret_access_key => AWS_SECRET_KEY
)

images = ['/path/to/image1.jpg', '/path/to/another/image2.jpg']

conn.post_invalidation AWS_DISTRIBUTION_ID, images

even on invalidation, it still takes 5-10 minutes for the invalidation to process and refresh on all amazon edge servers