interface CachePolicyProps

Language	Type name
.NET	Amazon.CDK.AWS.CloudFront.CachePolicyProps
Java	software.amazon.awscdk.services.cloudfront.CachePolicyProps
Python	aws_cdk.aws_cloudfront.CachePolicyProps
TypeScript (source)	@aws-cdk/aws-cloudfront » CachePolicyProps

Properties for creating a Cache Policy.

Example

// Creating a custom cache policy for a Distribution -- all parameters optional
declare const bucketOrigin: origins.S3Origin;
const myCachePolicy = new cloudfront.CachePolicy(this, 'myCachePolicy', {
  cachePolicyName: 'MyPolicy',
  comment: 'A default policy',
  defaultTtl: Duration.days(2),
  minTtl: Duration.minutes(1),
  maxTtl: Duration.days(10),
  cookieBehavior: cloudfront.CacheCookieBehavior.all(),
  headerBehavior: cloudfront.CacheHeaderBehavior.allowList('X-CustomHeader'),
  queryStringBehavior: cloudfront.CacheQueryStringBehavior.denyList('username'),
  enableAcceptEncodingGzip: true,
  enableAcceptEncodingBrotli: true,
});
new cloudfront.Distribution(this, 'myDistCustomPolicy', {
  defaultBehavior: {
    origin: bucketOrigin,
    cachePolicy: myCachePolicy,
  },
});

Properties

Name	Type	Description
cachePolicyName?	string	A unique name to identify the cache policy.
comment?	string	A comment to describe the cache policy.
cookieBehavior?	CacheCookieBehavior	Determines whether any cookies in viewer requests are included in the cache key and automatically included in requests that CloudFront sends to the origin.
defaultTtl?	Duration	The default amount of time for objects to stay in the CloudFront cache.
enableAcceptEncodingBrotli?	boolean	Whether to normalize and include the Accept-Encoding header in the cache key when the Accept-Encoding header is 'br'.
enableAcceptEncodingGzip?	boolean	Whether to normalize and include the Accept-Encoding header in the cache key when the Accept-Encoding header is 'gzip'.
headerBehavior?	CacheHeaderBehavior	Determines whether any HTTP headers are included in the cache key and automatically included in requests that CloudFront sends to the origin.
maxTtl?	Duration	The maximum amount of time for objects to stay in the CloudFront cache.
minTtl?	Duration	The minimum amount of time for objects to stay in the CloudFront cache.
queryStringBehavior?	CacheQueryStringBehavior	Determines whether any query strings are included in the cache key and automatically included in requests that CloudFront sends to the origin.

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cachePolicyName?

Type: string (optional, default: generated from the id)

A unique name to identify the cache policy.

The name must only include '-', '_', or alphanumeric characters.

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comment?

Type: string (optional, default: no comment)

A comment to describe the cache policy.

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cookieBehavior?

Type: CacheCookieBehavior (optional, default: CacheCookieBehavior.none())

Determines whether any cookies in viewer requests are included in the cache key and automatically included in requests that CloudFront sends to the origin.

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defaultTtl?

Type: Duration (optional, default: The greater of 1 day and minTtl)

The default amount of time for objects to stay in the CloudFront cache.

Only used when the origin does not send Cache-Control or Expires headers with the object.

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enableAcceptEncodingBrotli?

Type: boolean (optional, default: false)

Whether to normalize and include the Accept-Encoding header in the cache key when the Accept-Encoding header is 'br'.

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enableAcceptEncodingGzip?

Type: boolean (optional, default: false)

Whether to normalize and include the Accept-Encoding header in the cache key when the Accept-Encoding header is 'gzip'.

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headerBehavior?

Type: CacheHeaderBehavior (optional, default: CacheHeaderBehavior.none())

Determines whether any HTTP headers are included in the cache key and automatically included in requests that CloudFront sends to the origin.

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maxTtl?

Type: Duration (optional, default: The greater of 1 year and defaultTtl)

The maximum amount of time for objects to stay in the CloudFront cache.

CloudFront uses this value only when the origin sends Cache-Control or Expires headers with the object.

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minTtl?

Type: Duration (optional, default: Duration.seconds(0))

The minimum amount of time for objects to stay in the CloudFront cache.

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queryStringBehavior?

Type: CacheQueryStringBehavior (optional, default: CacheQueryStringBehavior.none())

Determines whether any query strings are included in the cache key and automatically included in requests that CloudFront sends to the origin.