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HOSTING WITH S3

Prequisites

  • AWS Account
  • Domain name and DNS access

Steps

  • Sign into your AWS console and go to S3 service at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.
  • Create two S3 buckets
    • www.example.com and example.com
    • When creating a bucket keep all settings default except blocking all public access, turn that off
  • Upload you website to your www.example.com bucket.
  • In the same bucket go to Permissions then choose Bucket Policy
  • Copy and paste the following bucket policy, replace version date with the current date and example.com with the bucket name
{
   "Version":"2012-10-17",
   "Statement":[
      {
         "Sid":"PublicReadGetObject",
         "Effect":"Allow",
         "Principal":"*",
         "Action":[
            "s3:GetObject"
         ],
         "Resource":[
            "arn:aws:s3:::example.com/*"
         ]
      }
   ]
}
  • Press Save and BOOM now have public read access so people can view your bucket

Next after applying policy

  1. Go to Properties
  2. Choose Static Website Hosting
  3. Choose first option Use this bucket to host a website
  4. In the Index Document box, type the name that you gave your index page then click save.
  5. Next go to your other bucket example.com and go to Properties and Static Website Hosting and choose the Redirect requests option