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# aws_lightsail_distribution{% #aws_lightsail_distribution %}

## `able_to_update_bundle`{% #able_to_update_bundle %}

**Type**: `BOOLEAN`**Provider name**: `ableToUpdateBundle`**Description**: Indicates whether the bundle that is currently applied to your distribution, specified using the `distributionName` parameter, can be changed to another bundle. Use the `UpdateDistributionBundle` action to change your distribution's bundle.

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `alternative_domain_names`{% #alternative_domain_names %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `alternativeDomainNames`**Description**: The alternate domain names of the distribution.

## `arn`{% #arn %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `arn`**Description**: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the distribution.

## `bundle_id`{% #bundle_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `bundleId`**Description**: The ID of the bundle currently applied to the distribution.

## `cache_behavior_settings`{% #cache_behavior_settings %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `cacheBehaviorSettings`**Description**: An object that describes the cache behavior settings of the distribution.

- `allowed_http_methods`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `allowedHTTPMethods`**Description**: The HTTP methods that are processed and forwarded to the distribution's origin. You can specify the following options:
  - `GET,HEAD` - The distribution forwards the `GET` and `HEAD` methods.
  - `GET,HEAD,OPTIONS` - The distribution forwards the `GET`, `HEAD`, and `OPTIONS` methods.
  - `GET,HEAD,OPTIONS,PUT,PATCH,POST,DELETE` - The distribution forwards the `GET`, `HEAD`, `OPTIONS`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, `POST`, and `DELETE` methods.
If you specify the third option, you might need to restrict access to your distribution's origin so users can't perform operations that you don't want them to. For example, you might not want users to have permission to delete objects from your origin.
- `cached_http_methods`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `cachedHTTPMethods`**Description**: The HTTP method responses that are cached by your distribution. You can specify the following options:
  - `GET,HEAD` - The distribution caches responses to the `GET` and `HEAD` methods.
  - `GET,HEAD,OPTIONS` - The distribution caches responses to the `GET`, `HEAD`, and `OPTIONS` methods.
- `default_ttl`**Type**: `INT64`**Provider name**: `defaultTTL`**Description**: The default amount of time that objects stay in the distribution's cache before the distribution forwards another request to the origin to determine whether the content has been updated.The value specified applies only when the origin does not add HTTP headers such as `Cache-Control max-age`, `Cache-Control s-maxage`, and `Expires` to objects.
- `forwarded_cookies`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `forwardedCookies`**Description**: An object that describes the cookies that are forwarded to the origin. Your content is cached based on the cookies that are forwarded.
  - `cookies_allow_list`**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `cookiesAllowList`**Description**: The specific cookies to forward to your distribution's origin.
  - `option`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `option`**Description**: Specifies which cookies to forward to the distribution's origin for a cache behavior: `all`, `none`, or `allow-list` to forward only the cookies specified in the `cookiesAllowList` parameter.
- `forwarded_headers`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `forwardedHeaders`**Description**: An object that describes the headers that are forwarded to the origin. Your content is cached based on the headers that are forwarded.
  - `headers_allow_list`**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `headersAllowList`**Description**: The specific headers to forward to your distribution's origin.
  - `option`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `option`**Description**: The headers that you want your distribution to forward to your origin and base caching on. You can configure your distribution to do one of the following:
    - `all` - Forward all headers to your origin.
    - `none` - Forward only the default headers.
    - `allow-list` - Forward only the headers you specify using the `headersAllowList` parameter.
- `forwarded_query_strings`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `forwardedQueryStrings`**Description**: An object that describes the query strings that are forwarded to the origin. Your content is cached based on the query strings that are forwarded.
  - `option`**Type**: `BOOLEAN`**Provider name**: `option`**Description**: Indicates whether the distribution forwards and caches based on query strings.
  - `query_strings_allow_list`**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `queryStringsAllowList`**Description**: The specific query strings that the distribution forwards to the origin. Your distribution will cache content based on the specified query strings. If the `option` parameter is true, then your distribution forwards all query strings, regardless of what you specify using the `queryStringsAllowList` parameter.
- `maximum_ttl`**Type**: `INT64`**Provider name**: `maximumTTL`**Description**: The maximum amount of time that objects stay in the distribution's cache before the distribution forwards another request to the origin to determine whether the object has been updated. The value specified applies only when the origin adds HTTP headers such as `Cache-Control max-age`, `Cache-Control s-maxage`, and `Expires` to objects.
- `minimum_ttl`**Type**: `INT64`**Provider name**: `minimumTTL`**Description**: The minimum amount of time that objects stay in the distribution's cache before the distribution forwards another request to the origin to determine whether the object has been updated. A value of `0` must be specified for `minimumTTL` if the distribution is configured to forward all headers to the origin.

## `cache_behaviors`{% #cache_behaviors %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRUCT`**Provider name**: `cacheBehaviors`**Description**: An array of objects that describe the per-path cache behavior of the distribution.

- `behavior`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `behavior`**Description**: The cache behavior for the specified path. You can specify one of the following per-path cache behaviors:
  - `cache` - This behavior caches the specified path.
  - `dont-cache` - This behavior doesn't cache the specified path.
- `path`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `path`**Description**: The path to a directory or file to cached, or not cache. Use an asterisk symbol to specify wildcard directories (`path/to/assets/`), and file types (`.html,  jpg,  js`). Directories and file paths are case-sensitive. Examples:
  - Specify the following to cache all files in the document root of an Apache web server running on a Lightsail instance. `var/www/html/`
  - Specify the following file to cache only the index page in the document root of an Apache web server. `var/www/html/index.html`
  - Specify the following to cache only the .html files in the document root of an Apache web server. `var/www/html/.html`
  - Specify the following to cache only the .jpg, .png, and .gif files in the images sub-directory of the document root of an Apache web server. `var/www/html/images/.jpg` `var/www/html/images/ .png` `var/www/html/images/.gif` Specify the following to cache all files in the images sub-directory of the document root of an Apache web server. `var/www/html/images/`

## `certificate_name`{% #certificate_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `certificateName`**Description**: The name of the SSL/TLS certificate attached to the distribution, if any.

## `created_at`{% #created_at %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `createdAt`**Description**: The timestamp when the distribution was created.

## `default_cache_behavior`{% #default_cache_behavior %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `defaultCacheBehavior`**Description**: An object that describes the default cache behavior of the distribution.

- `behavior`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `behavior`**Description**: The cache behavior of the distribution. The following cache behaviors can be specified:
  - `cache` - This option is best for static sites. When specified, your distribution caches and serves your entire website as static content. This behavior is ideal for websites with static content that doesn't change depending on who views it, or for websites that don't use cookies, headers, or query strings to personalize content.
  - `dont-cache` - This option is best for sites that serve a mix of static and dynamic content. When specified, your distribution caches and serve only the content that is specified in the distribution's `CacheBehaviorPerPath` parameter. This behavior is ideal for websites or web applications that use cookies, headers, and query strings to personalize content for individual users.

## `domain_name`{% #domain_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `domainName`**Description**: The domain name of the distribution.

## `ip_address_type`{% #ip_address_type %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ipAddressType`**Description**: The IP address type of the distribution. The possible values are `ipv4` for IPv4 only, and `dualstack` for IPv4 and IPv6.

## `is_enabled`{% #is_enabled %}

**Type**: `BOOLEAN`**Provider name**: `isEnabled`**Description**: Indicates whether the distribution is enabled.

## `location`{% #location %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `location`**Description**: An object that describes the location of the distribution, such as the Amazon Web Services Region and Availability Zone.Lightsail distributions are global resources that can reference an origin in any Amazon Web Services Region, and distribute its content globally. However, all distributions are located in the `us-east-1` Region.

- `availability_zone`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `availabilityZone`**Description**: The Availability Zone. Follows the format `us-east-2a` (case-sensitive).
- `region_name`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `regionName`**Description**: The Amazon Web Services Region name.

## `name`{% #name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `name`**Description**: The name of the distribution.

## `origin`{% #origin %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `origin`**Description**: An object that describes the origin resource of the distribution, such as a Lightsail instance, bucket, or load balancer. The distribution pulls, caches, and serves content from the origin.

- `name`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `name`**Description**: The name of the origin resource.
- `protocol_policy`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `protocolPolicy`**Description**: The protocol that your Amazon Lightsail distribution uses when establishing a connection with your origin to pull content.
- `region_name`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `regionName`**Description**: The AWS Region name of the origin resource.
- `resource_type`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `resourceType`**Description**: The resource type of the origin resource (Instance).
- `response_timeout`**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `responseTimeout`**Description**: The amount of time, in seconds, that the distribution waits for a response after forwarding a request to the origin. The minimum timeout is 1 second, the maximum is 60 seconds, and the default (if you don't specify otherwise) is 30 seconds.

## `origin_public_dns`{% #origin_public_dns %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `originPublicDNS`**Description**: The public DNS of the origin.

## `resource_type`{% #resource_type %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `resourceType`**Description**: The Lightsail resource type (`Distribution`).

## `status`{% #status %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `status`**Description**: The status of the distribution.

## `support_code`{% #support_code %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `supportCode`**Description**: The support code. Include this code in your email to support when you have questions about your Lightsail distribution. This code enables our support team to look up your Lightsail information more easily.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `viewer_minimum_tls_protocol_version`{% #viewer_minimum_tls_protocol_version %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `viewerMinimumTlsProtocolVersion`**Description**: The minimum TLS protocol version that the distribution can use to communicate with viewers.