# Distribution
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A distribution tells CloudFront where you want content to be delivered from, and the details about how to track and manage content delivery.

## Contents
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 ** ARN **   <a name="cloudfront-Type-Distribution-ARN"></a>
The distribution's Amazon Resource Name (ARN).  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** DistributionConfig **   <a name="cloudfront-Type-Distribution-DistributionConfig"></a>
The distribution's configuration.  
Type: [DistributionConfig](API_DistributionConfig.md) object  
Required: Yes

 ** DomainName **   <a name="cloudfront-Type-Distribution-DomainName"></a>
The distribution's CloudFront domain name. For example: `d111111abcdef8.cloudfront.net`.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** Id **   <a name="cloudfront-Type-Distribution-Id"></a>
The distribution's identifier. For example: `E1U5RQF7T870K0`.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** InProgressInvalidationBatches **   <a name="cloudfront-Type-Distribution-InProgressInvalidationBatches"></a>
The number of invalidation batches currently in progress.  
Type: Integer  
Required: Yes

 ** LastModifiedTime **   <a name="cloudfront-Type-Distribution-LastModifiedTime"></a>
The date and time when the distribution was last modified.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: Yes

 ** Status **   <a name="cloudfront-Type-Distribution-Status"></a>
The distribution's status. When the status is `Deployed`, the distribution's information is fully propagated to all CloudFront edge locations.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** ActiveTrustedKeyGroups **   <a name="cloudfront-Type-Distribution-ActiveTrustedKeyGroups"></a>
This field contains a list of key groups and the public keys in each key group that CloudFront can use to verify the signatures of signed URLs or signed cookies.  
Type: [ActiveTrustedKeyGroups](API_ActiveTrustedKeyGroups.md) object  
Required: No

 ** ActiveTrustedSigners **   <a name="cloudfront-Type-Distribution-ActiveTrustedSigners"></a>
We recommend using `TrustedKeyGroups` instead of `TrustedSigners`.
This field contains a list of Amazon Web Services account IDs and the active CloudFront key pairs in each account that CloudFront can use to verify the signatures of signed URLs or signed cookies.  
Type: [ActiveTrustedSigners](API_ActiveTrustedSigners.md) object  
Required: No

 ** AliasICPRecordals **   <a name="cloudfront-Type-Distribution-AliasICPRecordals"></a>
 Amazon services in China customers must file for an Internet Content Provider (ICP) recordal if they want to serve content publicly on an alternate domain name, also known as a CNAME, that they've added to CloudFront. AliasICPRecordal provides the ICP recordal status for CNAMEs associated with distributions.  
For more information about ICP recordals, see [ Signup, Accounts, and Credentials](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/aws/latest/userguide/accounts-and-credentials.html) in *Getting Started with Amazon services in China*.  
Type: Array of [AliasICPRecordal](API_AliasICPRecordal.md) objects  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following:
+  [Amazon SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/cloudfront-2020-05-31/Distribution) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/cloudfront-2020-05-31/Distribution) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/cloudfront-2020-05-31/Distribution)