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**To create a CloudFront origin access identity**
The following example creates a CloudFront origin access identity (OAI) by
providing the OAI configuration as a command line argument::
aws cloudfront create-cloud-front-origin-access-identity \
--cloud-front-origin-access-identity-config \
CallerReference="cli-example",Comment="Example OAI"
You can accomplish the same thing by providing the OAI configuration in a JSON
file, as shown in the following example::
aws cloudfront create-cloud-front-origin-access-identity \
--cloud-front-origin-access-identity-config file://OAI-config.json
The file ``OAI-config.json`` is a JSON document in the current directory that
contains the following::
{
"CallerReference": "cli-example",
"Comment": "Example OAI"
}
Whether you provide the OAI configuration with a command line argument or a
JSON file, the output is the same::
{
"Location": "https://cloudfront.amazonaws.com/2019-03-26/origin-access-identity/cloudfront/E74FTE3AEXAMPLE",
"ETag": "E2QWRUHEXAMPLE",
"CloudFrontOriginAccessIdentity": {
"Id": "E74FTE3AEXAMPLE",
"S3CanonicalUserId": "cd13868f797c227fbea2830611a26fe0a21ba1b826ab4bed9b7771c9aEXAMPLE",
"CloudFrontOriginAccessIdentityConfig": {
"CallerReference": "cli-example",
"Comment": "Example OAI"
}
}
}