📁 S3 Static Hosting

Introduction

Amazon S3 is perfect for hosting static websites with high availability and global distribution.

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of this lesson, you'll understand:

• Creating S3 buckets

• Uploading static content

• Configuring website hosting

• Setting permissions

• Using CloudFront CDN

• Custom domains

Creating a Bucket

# Create bucket
aws s3 mb s3://my-website-bucket

# Enable static website hosting
aws s3 website s3://my-website-bucket \
  --index-document index.html \
  --error-document error.html

Uploading Content

# Upload single file
aws s3 cp index.html s3://my-website-bucket/

# Upload directory recursively
aws s3 sync ./public s3://my-website-bucket/

# Upload with public access
aws s3 sync ./public s3://my-website-bucket/ --acl public-read

Bucket Policy

# Create policy
cat > policy.json << 'EOF'
{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Sid": "PublicRead",
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": "*",
      "Action": "s3:GetObject",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::my-website-bucket/*"
    }
  ]
}
EOF

# Apply policy
aws s3api put-bucket-policy \
  --bucket my-website-bucket \
  --policy file://policy.json

CloudFront Distribution

# Create distribution
aws cloudfront create-distribution \
  --distribution-config file://distribution.json

# View distribution URL
aws cloudfront list-distributions \
  --query 'DistributionList.Items[0].DomainName'

Key Takeaways

• **S3** stores static website content

• **Buckets** organize objects

• **Policies** control access

• **CloudFront** delivers content globally

• **Highly available** and cost-effective

Next Steps

Learn about RDS for databases, or explore Lambda integration.