Cloudfront Invalidation /*

Question

Hi there, I have a website, using my own domain with route 53, S3 buket set to block all public access and set to static website. I created a cloudfront distribution, a behavior and an Origin access control, copied policy into the bucket into the bucket policy. My website was running perfectly until i created a cloudfront Invalidation and set to /* it is been 4 hrs and my website wont load , all I get is this message:

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below. <Error> <Code>AccessDenied</Code> <Message>Access Denied</Message> <RequestId>W028RDKP2NRYY5NH</RequestId> <HostId>/f7tK+8Nb2rrAbAJuaHWorp2iEC1GoTXkX83EJAQtthMLuGvG7HBG5AzZTIxETS/rX7G7Snrslc=</HostId> </Error>

setting the invalidation to /* will actually delete things or change configurations?

thanls

Answer

Hello.

If you run Cloudfront Invalidation with "/*" specified, the cache file will be deleted.  
However, running it should not make it inaccessible.  
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/Invalidation.html

There may be something wrong with the bucket policy or CloudFront settings.  
Please refer to the following documents and try troubleshooting.  
https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/s3-website-cloudfront-error-403

The name of the file being accessed may also be incorrect.  
Also, try accessing by adding "/" to the end of the URL.  
```
https://cloudfront-domain.com/
```

Cloudfront Invalidation /*

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