Project Overview
Successfully migrated an existing website to static hosting on Amazon S3, significantly enhancing reliability and scalability. This initiative leveraged S3’s robust and cost-effective storage capabilities to provide a high-performance hosting solution.
Technology Stack
- Amazon S3: Primary storage for static website hosting.
- S3 Bucket Policies: Crucial for configuring and managing public access permissions.
Architecture
The static website is served directly from an Amazon S3 bucket, with user requests routed through S3’s static website endpoint. Public read access is granted via a bucket policy, ensuring content accessibility.
Implementation
- S3 Bucket Creation: Established an S3 bucket, enabled static website hosting, and specified the index document (`waves.html`).
- Content Deployment: Uploaded all website assets, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and images, to the designated S3 bucket.
Access Configuration: Implemented a bucket policy to grant `s3:GetObject` permissions, allowing public read access to the bucket’s contents.
{
"Version": "",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "PublicReadGetObject",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Principal": "*",
"Action": "s3:GetObject",
"Resource": "arn:aws:s3::<your-bucket-name>/*"
}
]
}Results and Insights
This project successfully delivered a highly available and cost-effective static website hosting solution using Amazon S3. Proper bucket policy configuration proved essential for ensuring secure and appropriate access. Utilizing serverless compute services like S3 for static hosting exemplifies the Operational Excellence pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework, allowing for increased focus on innovation rather than infrastructure management.