The following command creates an invalidation for a CloudFront distribution with the ID ``S11A16G5KZMEQD``:: aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id S11A16G5KZMEQD \ --paths /index.html /error.html The --paths will automatically generate a random ``CallerReference`` every time. Or you can use the following command to do the same thing, so that you can have a chance to specify your own ``CallerReference`` here:: aws cloudfront create-invalidation --invalidation-batch file://invbatch.json --distribution-id S11A16G5KZMEQD The distribution ID is available in the output of ``create-distribution`` and ``list-distributions``. The file ``invbatch.json`` is a JSON document in the current folder that specifies two paths to invalidate:: { "Paths": { "Quantity": 2, "Items": ["/index.html", "/error.html"] }, "CallerReference": "my-invalidation-2015-09-01" } Output of both commands:: { "Invalidation": { "Status": "InProgress", "InvalidationBatch": { "Paths": { "Items": [ "/index.html", "/error.html" ], "Quantity": 2 }, "CallerReference": "my-invalidation-2015-09-01" }, "Id": "YNY2LI2BVJ4NJU", "CreateTime": "2015-08-31T21:15:52.042Z" }, "Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2015-04-17/distribution/S11A16G5KZMEQD/invalidation/YNY2LI2BVJ4NJU" }