How to host a static website on AWS using S3 bucket

Question

I am trying to host a static website using S3 on AWS. How to do that?

Answer 1

Hosting a website using S3 bucket is very easy all you need to have are the following things

AWS account. 

S3 Bucket with static website hosting enabled.

Your website html file.

I will guide you step by step.

1. Create a S3 bucket  and go to properties tab.

2. Enable Static website Hosting.

3. Create a webpage or get your static website's content ready.

4. Upload the file to S3 bucket.

5. Make your webpage public as it is currently hidden and is private.

6. Click on properties of your file and check for the generated link.

7. Copy the link and open it using your browser.

And its done. I hope it was useful.

Comments

Thanku so much...it worked for me !

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Answer 2

You can follow the steps given in the documenation file.

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/website-hosting-custom-domain-walkthrough.html

Answer 3

Great demo from hemant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7bY0-d8cgQ