![]() ![]() Scroll to the bottom and click “Create distribution”. ![]() That’s all the fields that are important for your CloudFront distribution. The most user-friendly option without sacrificing security is “Redirect HTTP to HTTPS”.įinally, under the Settings section, find the “Default root object” field, and type in the same filename that you entered for your S3 bucket - probably “index.html”. HTTPS only will reject any users that attempt to connect with HTTP. Redirect HTTP to HTTPS redirects all users who are attempting to connect insecurely to HTTPS. HTTP and HTTPS give visitors the option to connect securely or insecurely. Under “Viewer protocol policy”, you should see three options. When you click inside the text box, you should see a list pop up with your S3 bucket in it. In this case, it’s your S3 bucket that you just created. The first field, origin domain, is the site that you’re serving via CloudFront. Navigate to CloudFront using the search bar at the top and click the orange “Create distribution” button. Even with this added cost, it shouldn’t be more than $20/month (but don’t quote me - check AWS’s prices). CloudFront costs much more than S3, so be aware that securing your site will increase the cost of hosting your site multifold. I’ll note that the following steps are only necessary if you want to serve your site securely, which may not be important for your use case. It’s called CloudFront, and it’s where we’re heading next. Step 4: Using CloudFrontįortunately, there’s an AWS service that specializes in delivering S3 websites over HTTPS instead of HTTP. There’s a problem though - it’s only being served through HTTP, and users might be warned by their browser that the site is insecure. Now, when you visit the URL mentioned above, you should see your site. Note: you must change “Bucket-Name” to your bucket’s name.Įssentially, this JSON bucket policy allows any principal (essentially another person/software attempting to access your bucket) to perform a “GetObject” action on your particular S3 resource. Scroll down to the bucket policy section, click “edit” in the top right corner and paste this in: To do this, scroll back up and click on the Permissions tab (next to the Properties tab). This is because even though we disabled “block all public access,” we still need to specify a policy that allows public access. But if you try to visit it now, you’ll see “403 forbidden”. This will be the URL of your (HTTP) site. Scroll to the bottom, and in the same “Static website hosting” section, you should now see a URL at the bottom of the box that looks something like this: You’ll be taken back to the Properties tab. Next, click the orange “Save changes” button. This isn’t important for our purposes, but if you have a custom error page, specify it here. The error document is the document that S3 serves if the user encounters an error (most likely from trying to view a page that doesn’t exist). Enter whatever the name of your main file is. As mentioned previously, it should be named index.html, but doesn’t have to be. You’ll see a bunch more options pop up below. ![]() Once signed up, you’ll be taken to your console, which should look something like this: And again, you pay as you go, so if you change your mind tomorrow, you can terminate any services you’re using and pay almost nothing. While these two products aren’t completely free, they’re inexpensive for a small site (less than $20 per month). In this tutorial, the two AWS services that we’ll utilize are S3 buckets and CloudFront distributions. Cloud services are almost always pay-on-demand you pay for what you use, as you use it. You might wonder what the catch is for seemingly free hosting. ![]() It takes only a few minutes and it’s free. Otherwise, visit here and create an account. Typically, you’ll at least have an index.html file that acts as the “entry point”, or home page, of your site. Thanks to modern cloud services like Azure and AWS, publishing a website has never been easier.Īll you need to get started is the files that you’d like to serve over HTTPS. Just a decade ago, this process would have been much more involved. This guide will also ensure that your site will have the green lock, indicating to users that it’s served securely over HTTPS. If you have a static website - i.e., HTML/CSS/Javascript files - and you’re interested in publishing them, look no further. ![]()
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