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AWS AmazonCloudFront documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudFront · 2026-04-19 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/example_cloudfront_GettingStarted_section.md

Summary

Simplified the title and steps for getting started with CloudFront, removed CLI-specific details, and added a reference to 'Getting started with WAF'.

Security assessment

The change adds a link to WAF documentation, which is related to security features, but no specific security vulnerability or incident is mentioned. It updates content for clarity and includes security feature references.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/example_cloudfront_GettingStarted_section.md b/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/example_cloudfront_GettingStarted_section.md
index 035bb113a..e509aaef4 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/example_cloudfront_GettingStarted_section.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/example_cloudfront_GettingStarted_section.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-# Get started with a basic CloudFront distribution using the CLI
+# Get started with a basic CloudFront distribution
@@ -11 +11 @@ The following code example shows how to:
-  * Create an Amazon S3 bucket for content storage
+  * Create an Amazon S3 bucket
@@ -13 +13 @@ The following code example shows how to:
-  * Upload sample content to the S3 bucket
+  * Upload content to the bucket
@@ -15 +15 @@ The following code example shows how to:
-  * Create an origin access control (OAC) for secure S3 access
+  * Create a CloudFront distribution with OAC
@@ -17,7 +17 @@ The following code example shows how to:
-  * Create a CloudFront distribution with S3 as origin
-
-  * Update S3 bucket policy to allow CloudFront access
-
-  * Wait for distribution deployment and test content access
-
-  * Clean up resources including distribution, OAC, and S3 bucket
+  * Clean up resources
@@ -371 +365 @@ Delete signing resources
-Sign URLs and cookies
+Getting started with WAF