AccessDeniedException while creating AWS Web Cloudfront Distribution

Question

I'm new to AWS and trying to create a Web CloudFront distribution.

I chose:

• Origin media: wp.s3.s3.amazonaws.com
• Restrict Bucket Access: Yes
• Origin Access Identity: Create a new identity
• Grant Read Permissions on Bucket: Yes, Update Bucket Policy

I get the following error when I click on Create Distribution:

com.amazonaws.services.cloudfront.model.AccessDeniedException: Your account must be verified before you can add new CloudFront resources. 
To verify your account, please contact AWS Support (https://console.aws.amazon.com/support/home#/) and include this error message. (Service: AmazonCloudFront; Status Code: 403; Error Code: AccessDenied; Request ID: 0ade44b6-42ea-11e9-bd99-45671299fde3)

Answer 1

A 2014 post says that CloudFront is available for the free account.

I tried to create a distribution and got the same message reported in this thread.

I created an issue as "Michael - sqlbot" suggested in the comments above and I receive a reply informing that the service would be enabled for me.

Why do They not create a submission for the distribution creation that make it clear that need a activation from the support team instead of an error message? :S

So it looks like every new free account must follow this steps:

1. Try to create a distribution
2. It will return a error message
3. Create an issue at support center
4. Wait for the contact to get the service available

Answer 2

here's how to solve it:

1) Navigate to: Support / New case / Service limit increase

2) Limit type: CloudFront Distributions

3) In Requests select: Limit: Web Distributions per Account New limit value: MY CASE:

In my case, I had 2 distributions, wanted to create 3rd, but coudn't. So I have put as a number 10.

It takes an hour or more to resolve. Be patient