**To get information about a CloudFront distribution**

The following command gets a distribution with the ID ``S11A16G5KZMEQD``::

  aws cloudfront get-distribution --id S11A16G5KZMEQD

The distribution ID is available in the output of ``create-distribution`` and ``list-distributions``. 

Output::

  {
      "Distribution": {
          "Status": "Deployed",
          "DomainName": "d2wkuj2w9l34gt.cloudfront.net",
          "InProgressInvalidationBatches": 0,
          "DistributionConfig": {
              "Comment": "",
              "CacheBehaviors": {
                  "Quantity": 0
              },
              "Logging": {
                  "Bucket": "",
                  "Prefix": "",
                  "Enabled": false,
                  "IncludeCookies": false
              },
              "Origins": {
                  "Items": [
                      {
                          "OriginPath": "",
                          "S3OriginConfig": {
                              "OriginAccessIdentity": ""
                          },
                          "Id": "my-origin",
                          "DomainName": "my-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com"
                      }
                  ],
                  "Quantity": 1
              },
              "DefaultRootObject": "",
              "PriceClass": "PriceClass_All",
              "Enabled": true,
              "DefaultCacheBehavior": {
                  "TrustedSigners": {
                      "Enabled": false,
                      "Quantity": 0
                  },
                  "TargetOriginId": "my-origin",
                  "ViewerProtocolPolicy": "allow-all",
                  "ForwardedValues": {
                      "Headers": {
                          "Quantity": 0
                      },
                      "Cookies": {
                          "Forward": "none"
                      },
                      "QueryString": true
                  },
                  "MaxTTL": 31536000,
                  "SmoothStreaming": false,
                  "DefaultTTL": 86400,
                  "AllowedMethods": {
                      "Items": [
                          "HEAD",
                          "GET"
                      ],
                      "CachedMethods": {
                          "Items": [
                              "HEAD",
                              "GET"
                          ],
                          "Quantity": 2
                      },
                      "Quantity": 2
                  },
                  "MinTTL": 3600
              },
              "CallerReference": "my-distribution-2015-09-01",
              "ViewerCertificate": {
                  "CloudFrontDefaultCertificate": true,
                  "MinimumProtocolVersion": "SSLv3"
              },
              "CustomErrorResponses": {
                  "Quantity": 0
              },
              "Restrictions": {
                  "GeoRestriction": {
                      "RestrictionType": "none",
                      "Quantity": 0
                  }
              },
              "Aliases": {
                  "Quantity": 0
              }
          },
          "ActiveTrustedSigners": {
              "Enabled": false,
              "Quantity": 0
          },
          "LastModifiedTime": "2015-08-31T21:11:29.093Z",
          "Id": "S11A16G5KZMEQD"
      },
      "ETag": "E37HOT42DHPVYH"
  }