AWS::Lightsail::Distribution CacheSettings - AWS CloudFormation
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AWS::Lightsail::Distribution CacheSettings

CacheSettings is a property of the AWS::Lightsail::Distribution resource. It describes the cache settings of an Amazon Lightsail content delivery network (CDN) distribution.

These settings apply only to your distribution’s CacheBehaviors that have a Behavior of cache. This includes the DefaultCacheBehavior.

Syntax

To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

Properties

AllowedHTTPMethods

The HTTP methods that are processed and forwarded to the distribution's origin.

You can specify the following options:

  • GET,HEAD - The distribution forwards the GET and HEAD methods.

  • GET,HEAD,OPTIONS - The distribution forwards the GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS methods.

  • GET,HEAD,OPTIONS,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE - The distribution forwards the GET, HEAD, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, POST, and DELETE methods.

If you specify GET,HEAD,OPTIONS,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE, you might need to restrict access to your distribution's origin so users can't perform operations that you don't want them to. For example, you might not want users to have permission to delete objects from your origin.

Required: No

Type: String

Pattern: .*\S.*

Update requires: No interruption

CachedHTTPMethods

The HTTP method responses that are cached by your distribution.

You can specify the following options:

  • GET,HEAD - The distribution caches responses to the GET and HEAD methods.

  • GET,HEAD,OPTIONS - The distribution caches responses to the GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS methods.

Required: No

Type: String

Pattern: .*\S.*

Update requires: No interruption

DefaultTTL

The default amount of time that objects stay in the distribution's cache before the distribution forwards another request to the origin to determine whether the content has been updated.

Note

The value specified applies only when the origin does not add HTTP headers such as Cache-Control max-age, Cache-Control s-maxage, and Expires to objects.

Required: No

Type: Integer

Update requires: No interruption

ForwardedCookies

An object that describes the cookies that are forwarded to the origin. Your content is cached based on the cookies that are forwarded.

Required: No

Type: CookieObject

Update requires: No interruption

ForwardedHeaders

An object that describes the headers that are forwarded to the origin. Your content is cached based on the headers that are forwarded.

Required: No

Type: HeaderObject

Update requires: No interruption

ForwardedQueryStrings

An object that describes the query strings that are forwarded to the origin. Your content is cached based on the query strings that are forwarded.

Required: No

Type: QueryStringObject

Update requires: No interruption

MaximumTTL

The maximum amount of time that objects stay in the distribution's cache before the distribution forwards another request to the origin to determine whether the object has been updated.

The value specified applies only when the origin adds HTTP headers such as Cache-Control max-age, Cache-Control s-maxage, and Expires to objects.

Required: No

Type: Integer

Update requires: No interruption

MinimumTTL

The minimum amount of time that objects stay in the distribution's cache before the distribution forwards another request to the origin to determine whether the object has been updated.

A value of 0 must be specified for minimumTTL if the distribution is configured to forward all headers to the origin.

Required: No

Type: Integer

Update requires: No interruption