POST

/#X-Amz-Target=Lightsail_20161128.CreateDistribution

http://lightsail.{region}.amazonaws.com/#X-Amz-Target=Lightsail_20161128.CreateDistribution

<p>Creates an Amazon Lightsail content delivery network (CDN) distribution.</p> <p>A distribution is a globally distributed network of caching servers that improve the performance of your website or web application hosted on a Lightsail instance. For more information, see <a href="https://lightsail.aws.amazon.com/ls/docs/en_us/articles/amazon-lightsail-content-delivery-network-distributions">Content delivery networks in Amazon Lightsail</a>.</p>

Access Token Required: API Key

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

Enter token below to save for later

cURL Request

1curl --request POST \
2     --url 'http://lightsail.{region}.amazonaws.com/#X-Amz-Target=Lightsail_20161128.CreateDistribution' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}