When to use AWS CloudfrontWebDistribution and when to use AWS Cloudfront Distribution

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I see in aws-cdk there are two constructs:

Each have different props that do not look compatible with each other.

I'm wondering which one to use?

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score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 28 '21 at 09:00

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The AWS CloudFrontWebDistribution is the original method for working with CloudFront distributions. But now, they had implemented a new method that is provided by Distribution. You can use both CloudFrontWebDistribution as well as Distribution for working with CloudFront distributions, but Distribution has a simpler interface and they receive new features faster. So, it is recommended to use Distribution instead of CloudFrontWebDistribution.

answered Jan 28 '21 at 09:00

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To support this argument, here is an implementation of Cache Policies in CloudFront Distribution. CloudFrontWebDistribution is pending implementation since Oct 2020 but Distribution got it already implemented and merged. https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/pull/10656 – Hussain Mansoor May 23 '21 at 10:07
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Good to know. Maybe they should mention it in the CDK API documentation. – adonig Dec 25 '22 at 09:59

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 28 '21 at 08:58

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You can use CloudFrontWebDistribution unless you're looking to have RTMP (streaming) distribution then you can configure the Distribution

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When to use AWS CloudfrontWebDistribution and when to use AWS Cloudfront Distribution

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