cloudfront_invalidate - A simple ansible module for making Cloudfront invalidation requests

This is a simple Ansible module used to make AWS Cloudfront invalidation requests. It is designed to be used for tasks such as code deployments where static assets are updated on a Cloudfront distribution and need to have their cache cleared.

Requirements

• First and foremost, you need Ansible installed and configured for your environment
• python-boto
• The standard EC2 related modules configured for your AWS connection either as environment vars or Ansible vars (or both) or create next files:

~/.aws/config
    [deploy]
    aws_access_key_id=foo
    aws_secret_access_key=bar

~/.aws/credentials
    [profile deploy]
    region=foo-region

Installation & Configuration

• Clone/download this repo
• Place the cloudfront_invalidate.py file in your Ansible module path

Usage

• See the example.yml playbook for a working example (after replacing your details of course)
• Basic usage clearing a single path:

- name: "Invalidate a single path"
  cloudfront_invalidate: 
    profile_name: YOUR_AWS_PROFILE_NAME
    distribution_id: YOUR_CLOUDFRONT_DIST_ID
    path: "/js/*"

• Basic usage clearing a single path:

- name: "Invalidate multiple paths"
  cloudfront_invalidate: 
    profile_name: YOUR_AWS_PROFILE_NAME
    distribution_id: YOUR_CLOUDFRONT_DIST_ID
    path: "{{ item }}"
  with_items:
    - "/js/*"
    - "/images/*"