Host a website on AWS

Introduction

To host a website on Amazon Web Services (AWS), you will need to follow these steps:

Tutorial : Host A Wesbite on AWS


Sign up for an AWS account if you don't already have one. You can create an AWS account by visiting the AWS website (https://aws.amazon.com/) and clicking on the "Create an AWS Account" button.

Once you have an AWS account, log in to the AWS Management Console and navigate to the Amazon S3 service.

Create a new Amazon S3 bucket to store the files for your website. To do this, click on the "Create bucket" button, and follow the on-screen instructions to specify a unique bucket name, select a region, and configure the bucket settings.

Upload the files for your website to the Amazon S3 bucket that you just created. To do this, click on the "Upload" button, and follow the on-screen instructions to select the files that you want to upload.

Make the files in the Amazon S3 bucket public by setting the appropriate permissions on the bucket and the files. To do this, select the bucket and the files, and then click on the "Permissions" tab. In the "Access" section, click on the "Edit" button, and then select the "Everyone" option from the "Public access" drop-down menu.

Configure the Amazon S3 bucket to host a static website by enabling the "Static website hosting" feature. To do this, click on the "Properties" tab, and then select the "Static website hosting" option. In the "Index document" and "Error document" fields, specify the names of the HTML files that will be used as the default index page and the error page for the website.

Access the website by using the URL provided by Amazon S3 in the "Static website hosting" section. This URL will typically have the following format: http://[bucket-name].s3-website-[region].amazonaws.com/.

(Optional) If you want to use a custom domain name for your website, you can configure Amazon Route 53 to route traffic for the domain name to the Amazon S3 bucket. To do this, follow the instructions in the Amazon Route 53 documentation (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/routing-to-s3-bucket.html).

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