github-action-cloudfront-invalidate

Github action to invalidate a path in an AWS Cloudfront distribution. This is heavily based on the excellent work from Jake Jarvis with his sync action

Usage

workflow.yml Example

Place in a .yml file such as this one in your .github/workflows folder. Refer to the documentation on workflow YAML syntax here.

name: Invalidate Cloudfront
on: push
jobs:
deploy:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@master
- name: Invalidate Cloudfront
uses: docker://rewindio/github-action-cloudfront-invalidate
env:
DISTRIBUTION_ID: ${{ secrets.CLOUDFRONT_DISTRIBUTION_ID }}
PATH_TO_INVALIDATE: /myfolder/myfile.png
AWS_REGION: us-east-1
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}

Environment Variables

Key	Value	Type	Required
DISTRIBUTION_ID	The ID of the cloudfront distribution to create the invalidation for	env	Yes
PATH_TO_INVALIDATE	Path to invalidate. For example, /myfolder/myfile.png.	env	Yes
AWS_REGION	The region where you created your bucket in. For example, us-east-1. Defaults to us-east-1 if not specified	env	No

Required Secret Variables

The following variables should be added as "secrets" in the action's configuration.

Key	Value	Type	Required
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID	Your AWS Access Key. More info here.	secret	Yes
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY	Your AWS Secret Access Key. More info here.	secret	Yes

License

This project is distributed under the MIT license.