is there any way to update files stored on Amazon's CDN service? Seems like it won't take any update of a file we make (eg. removing the file and storing the new one with the same file name as before). Do I have to explicitly trigger an update process to remove the files from the edge servers to get the new file contents published?

Thanks for your help

Matt

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You're talking about Amazon cloudfront, right? – Thomas Jul 6 '09 at 13:34
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Do not use the same name.

You're supposed to use a new name for new versions of the same file.

  1. logo.png--0
  2. logo.png--1 etc...

They will cache like you have noticed. This is by design.

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For the record, Amazon does have a 24 hour cache on the S3 service, so it might take some time until your new image shows up.

As far as I know, Amazon itself recommends filename versioning if you have content that updates faster than a 24 hour cycle allows.

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