Using AWS CLI command to list AWS CloudFront distributions and invalidating CloudFront cache.

CLI Command¹ to list CloudFront² distributions

aws cloudfront list-distributions \
  --query 'DistributionList.Items[*].{Id: Id, Name: DomainName, Aliases: Aliases}' \
  --output yaml

Sample: CloudFront distributions list output

- Aliases:
    Items:
    - www.example.com
    Quantity: 1
  Id: A0MA0XA12AB8AB
  Name: a0abcdefg0abcd.cloudfront.net

Invalidating CloudFront cache

aws cloudfront create-invalidation \
  --distribution-id A0MA0XA12AB8AB \
  --paths "/"

Sample: Invalidation output

{
    "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2020-05-31/distribution/A0MA0XA12AB8AB/invalidation/I1OLTGXS6RIYZ7",
    "Invalidation": {
        "Id": "I1OLTGXS6RIYZ7",
        "Status": "InProgress",
        "CreateTime": "2023-01-27T00:45:55.580000+00:00",
        "InvalidationBatch": {
            "Paths": {
                "Quantity": 1,
                "Items": [
                    "/"
                ]
            },
            "CallerReference": "cli-1674780355-566141"
        }
    }
}

Get invalidation status

aws cloudfront get-invalidation \
  --distribution-id A0MA0XA12AB8AB \
  --id I1OLTGXS6RIYZ7

Sample: Invalidation status output

{
    "Invalidation": {
        "Id": "I1OLTGXS6RIYZ7",
        "Status": "Completed",
        "CreateTime": "2023-01-27T00:45:55.580000+00:00",
        "InvalidationBatch": {
            "Paths": {
                "Quantity": 1,
                "Items": [
                    "/"
                ]
            },
            "CallerReference": "cli-1674780355-566141"
        }
    }
}

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Related

1. AWS CLI Command Reference ↩

2. AWS CloudFront ↩