Least Privileged User
Navigate to the AWS console and create an IAM user with programmatic access. The user will need the following permissions. You can create a policy specifically for these permissions and apply the permissions to the user.
For more information, see: High Level AWS Source Configuration
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "VisualEditor0",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Action": [
"cloudfront:ListDistributions",
"cloudfront:ListStreamingDistributions",
"cloudwatch:GetMetricStatistics",
"cloudwatch:ListMetrics"
],
"Resource": "*"
}
]
}
Connection Parameters
| Name | Required? | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Region | ||
| Access Key ID | Required | |
| Secret Access Key | Required | |
| Additional Threads | The number of additional threads allowed to be utilized during collection. | |
| Request Timeout (seconds) | The number of seconds to allow for the API to return a response. | |
| Collect CloudWatch Metrics | ||
| CloudWatch Historic Mode | If enabled, retrieves a history of data points from CloudWatch. Otherwise, collects only the most recent data point for each metric. |
Metrics
Distribution
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| 4xx Error Rate (%) | The percentage of all requests for which the HTTP status code is 4xx |
| 5xx Error Rate (%) | The percentage of all requests for which the HTTP status code is 5xx |
| Aliases | The comma seperated list of CNAMEs (alternate domain names) for the distribution. |
| ARN | The Amazon Resource Name for the distribution. |
| Comment | The comment originally specified when the distribution was created. |
| Data Downloaded (Bytes) | The number of bytes downloaded by viewers for GET, HEAD, and OPTIONS requests. |
| Data Uploaded (Bytes) | The number of bytes uploaded to your origin with CloudFront using POST and PUT requests. |
| Delivery Method | Distributions with Web delivery methods are normal. Those with RTMP delivery methods are streaming. |
| Distribution Id | The Distribution Identifier. |
| Domain Name | The domain name that corresponds to the distribution. |
| Enabled | Whether the distribution is enabled to accept user requests for content. |
| Geo Restriction | The list of locations CloudFront either to distribute your content (whitelist) or not distribute your content (blacklist). |
| Geo Restriction Type | The type of Geo-location Restriction list (white or black). |
| HTTP Version | Specify the maximum HTTP version that you want viewers to use to communicate with CloudFront. |
| IPv6 Enabled | Whether CloudFront responds to IPv6 DNS requests with an IPv6 address for the distribution. |
| Price Class | The class of pricing that is applied to the distribution. |
| Region | The AWS Region this object belongs to. |
| Requests | The number of requests for all HTTP methods and for both HTTP and HTTPS requests. |
| Status | The current status of the distribution. |
| Total Error Rate (%) | The percentage of all requests for which the HTTP status code is 4xx or 5xx. |
| Viewer Certificate | Specifies which certificate to use when viewers use HTTPS to request objects. |
| Web ACL ID | The Web ACL Id associated with the distribution. |
Updated 8 months ago