Distributions

Lesson in the AWS Roadmap for Beginners · Stage 13: Cloudfront

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is Distributions?

In AWS, a CloudFront "distribution" is the globally distributed network system that helps you to accelerate the delivery of your website, API, video content, or other web assets. These distributions are defined by AWS based on the specified configuration settings. It specifies from where CloudFront gets your files that it will distribute, which is primarily your Amazon S3 bucket or an HTTP server. Notably, there are primarily two types of distributions you can create: web distributions, which are typically used for websites, and RTMP distributions, used mainly for media streaming.

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Distributions: common questions

Can I learn Distributions in Hindi?

This lesson is written in English. Once you sign in, open it in the interactive course and ask the AI tutor to explain Distributions in Hindi or Hinglish. The tutor answers from this lesson’s own text, so it stays on the syllabus, and it runs on your own Google, OpenAI or Anthropic key.

Is this Distributions tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 83 of 101 in the free AWS roadmap, in stage 13, Cloudfront. If you are new to AWS, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.