AWS Cloudfront distribution does not show API Gateway distribution

Question

I have a API hosted using AWS Gateway API in combination with a custom domain. Its been in production for at least a year. However, when I go to Cloudfront resource page from AWS web console, I don't see any distribution entries under my same account which is used for Gateway API.

AWS Documentation states below:

The CloudFront distribution created by API Gateway is owned by a region-specific account affiliated with API Gateway. When tracing operations to create and update such a CloudFront distribution in CloudWatch logs, you must use the API Gateway account Id. For more information, see Log Custom Domain Name Creation in CloudTrail.

I am using the same account for both Gateway and Cloudfront. But I don't see the distribution entry in Cloudfront.

What am I missing?

Answer 1

It's created behind the scenes. You can't see it in your CloudWatch dashboard. That's what they mean when they say:

"is owned by a region-specific account"

Which means the CloudFront distribution is not owned by your AWS account, so you won't see it in the list of CloudFront distributions that you own.