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

If you have boto installed (which is not just for python, but also installs a bunch of useful command line utilities), it offers a command line util specifically called cfadmin or 'cloud front admin' which offers the following functionality:

Usage: cfadmin [command]
cmd - Print help message, optionally about a specific function
help - Print help message, optionally about a specific function
invalidate - Create a cloudfront invalidation request
ls - List all distributions and streaming distributions

You invaliate things by running:

$sam# cfadmin invalidate <distribution> <path>