CloudFront distribution details greyed out in MediaPackage Channel creation

Question

I'm creating a mediapackage channel using the management console and i want to create the cloudfront distribution for it aswell using the checkbox of "Create a cloudfront distribution for this channel" under the "CloudFront distribution details" section but it is greyed out. previously it was enabled and i was able to create a cloudfront distribution but now i cant

also i was exploring the sdk for mediapackage v1 and in the CreateChannelCommand input, there is no option for cloudfront distribution in the input object

Chirag_A · Accepted Answer

Hello,

Elemental MediaPackage is removing the ability to create CloudFront distributions from the Elemental MediaPackage console when creating a channel.

Therefore, Please use the CloudFront service (https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudfront ) to create a CloudFront distribution. However, please note, existing CloudFront distributions created through Elemental MediaPackage will not be affected.

You can refer the below link for more information:

Creating a distribution:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/distribution-web-creating-console.html

Further regarding your query on having the option for cloudfront distribution in the input object in the CreateChannelCommand, Unfortunately, at the moment, this feature is not available.  As AWS is constantly trying to improve their offerings by gathering customer feedback , I would like you to know there is already a feature request for your use-case.

While I am unable to comment on if/when this feature may get released, I request you to keep an eye on our What's New and Blog pages for any new feature announcements.

Whats New - https://aws.amazon.com/new/ 
Blog - https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/

Please feel free to reach out for further queries or concerns. Thank you.

ThijsB · Answer

Thank you for your inquiry. 
Please use the CloudFront console, CLI, or API/SDKs to create your distribution. 
You may refer to documentation [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/live-streaming.html#live-streaming-with-mediapackage) and [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/distribution-web-creating-console.html).

JerryH · Answer

All of the documentation related to connecting Cloudfront to MediaPackage is either completely incorrect, out of date, or otherwise missing or inadequate. Please stop answering this question with useless hyperlinks like https://docs.aws.amazon.com/mediapackage/latest/userguide/cdns.html or https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/live-streaming.html#live-streaming-with-mediapackage. These links are burning trash, and provide ZERO in the way of useful information about how to point a Cloudfront distribution to MediaPackage.

CloudFront distribution details greyed out in MediaPackage Channel creation

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