Title: Error adding existing CloudFront Last modified: April 25, 2024 --- # Error adding existing CloudFront * Resolved [akamai32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akamai32/) * (@akamai32) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-existing-cloudfront/) * Hello, * I have an existing CloudFront distribution serving my WP, and I want to add it to W3TC so I can use auto-invalidation. I added the CloudFront domain and CNAME in the “Replace site’s hostname with” field, but then I click to test I get the error “Error: Distribution for origin “www.my-website.com” not found. The user permissions are correct (I’ve even tried attaching admin permissions and got the same error). * The DNS [http://www.my-website.com](http://www.my-website.com) is pointing to the CloudFront distribution, so the origin domain is different (origin-www.my- website.com) since it points to an ALB, however I can’t edit or rename the field“ Origin” on the W3TC configuration page. * As part of the troubleshooting, I’ve tested adding a dummy origin with origin domain “origin-www.my-website.com” and the test passed. * Is there a way to rename the “Origin” on the W3TC CDN Configuration? If not, what is the correct way to import an existing CloudFront distribution? Viewing 5 replies - 1 through 5 (of 5 total) * Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/) * (@vmarko) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-existing-cloudfront/#post-17713246) * Hello [@akamai32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akamai32/) * Thank you for reaching out and I am happy to help! Can you pelase sahre which CDN type you are using (push or pull) in Performance>General settings, and can you please share the screenshot of the Performance>CDN settings so I can check this? * Shareing the URL of the website would also be very helpful. Thanks! * Thread Starter [akamai32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akamai32/) * (@akamai32) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-existing-cloudfront/#post-17713429) * Hi Marko, * Thank you for your quick response. * The CDN Type is `Origin Pull -> Amazon CloudFront`, and we don’t have a s3 bucket as origin, the only origin is the ALB I mentioned). * Please find below a screenshot of the CDN configuration. For this test I’m using [https://www.galassi.cloud](https://www.galassi.cloud) as the website (so [https://www.galassi.cloud](https://www.galassi.cloud) resolves to the CloudFront distribution’s domain name, and a different domain resolves to my ALB’s domain name as the origin). * ![](https://i0.wp.com/www.galassi.cloud/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/image.png? ssl=1) - This reply was modified 2 years ago by [akamai32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akamai32/). Reason: Image didn't load directly - This reply was modified 2 years ago by [akamai32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akamai32/). - This reply was modified 2 years ago by [akamai32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akamai32/). * Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/) * (@vmarko) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-existing-cloudfront/#post-17713919) * Hello [@akamai32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akamai32/) * Thank you for your feedback. Can you pelase share why you adeed [http://www.galassi.cloud](http://www.galassi.cloud) to as a CNAME? * Also, can you please share what you are exactly trying to achieve, serving static files from the CDN or the Full site delivery? * Thanks! * Thread Starter [akamai32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akamai32/) * (@akamai32) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-existing-cloudfront/#post-17714064) * Hello Marko, * I’ve added [http://www.galassi.cloud](http://www.galassi.cloud) to CNAME to reflect my current CloudFront distribution configuration which has it, but I tried with both the CloudFront domain name only and with the CNAME only and I got the same error message in both tests. * I’m using the CDN for Full site delivery, [http://www.galassi.cloud](http://www.galassi.cloud) opens the WordPress website’s main page. * Thank you! * Plugin Contributor [Marko Vasiljevic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vmarko/) * (@vmarko) * [2 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/error-adding-existing-cloudfront/#post-17716339) * Hello [@akamai32](https://wordpress.org/support/users/akamai32/) You cannot setup the FSD CDN this way. You enabled the CDN option for amazon, and the FSD CDN option is something else, and it’s just below the CDN Type in General settings. * What you are trying to do canot be done with the CDN option * Thanks! 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