Title: Amazon Cloudfront Not Pulling
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Amazon Cloudfront Not Pulling

 *  [mmergola](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mmergola/)
 * (@mmergola)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazon-cloudfront-not-pulling/)
 * Done a bunch of searches but nothing seems really resolved and not specific to
   my need, so let me try fresh.
 * Using Amazon Cloudfront (currently not using a CName since I can’t get past the
   main part) – Distributions: origin is my domain, domain name is alphanumeric.
   mydomain.com, status deployed
    W3 Total Cache – Enable CDN, Amazon Cloudfront(
   origin pull), on the CDN settings, everything is filled out properly, evident
   by “Test Passed” when I try.
 * Now, if I check off anything to “host” on the CDN and save settings, the entire
   site goes nuts. It looks like nothing is actually pulled to Amazon. If I click
   through my site and go to an image, it shows it is hosted at alphanumeric.mydomain.
   com, however, it is blank. The formatting is all wacky (so I think the CSS isn’t
   hosted either).
 * Bottom line, using this setup, I don’t think anything is actually being “pulled”.
   What am I doing wrong? I don’t want to use push since I update frequently.
 * Any help is appreciated!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/)

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Frederick Townes](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fredericktownes/)
 * (@fredericktownes)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazon-cloudfront-not-pulling/#post-3756804)
 * Did you create the distribution using W3TC?
 *  [warakia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warakia/)
 * (@warakia)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazon-cloudfront-not-pulling/#post-3756806)
 * Hi, I am having a very similar problem, just checked my site after a perfectly
   functioning distribution being in place for years and it has suddenly stopped
   working.
 * When the CDN is disabled the site returns to normality instantly.
 * I have tried the usual steps of updating codes etc, but I still have no success.
   Oddly the plugin says “Test Passed” when I try to test the distribution.
 * Alarmingly I have tried checking direct links to individual previously uploaded
   images files and they display only 20% of the time. For the record my distribution
   was created through Amazon and has been in place for years.
 *  [warakia](https://wordpress.org/support/users/warakia/)
 * (@warakia)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazon-cloudfront-not-pulling/#post-3756807)
 * Apologies, in my case I have isolated the problem to an issue with Amazon. Sorry
   to interrupt this thread, I would just say that don’t assume that the AWS Cloudfront
   is flawless, it is well worth checking that thoroughly before you assume it is
   a W3TC issue.
 * Thanks for all your hard work Frederick.

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 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazon-cloudfront-not-pulling/#post-3756807)
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