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Amazon S3 is not just a place to store files — it can also serve an entire static website directly from a bucket. Combined with CloudFront and Transfer Acceleration, S3 delivers content globally with low latency and high transfer speeds.
S3 can host static websites consisting of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, and other client-side files. There is no server-side processing — every file is served exactly as stored.
| Good For | Not Suitable For |
|---|---|
| Single-page applications (React, Vue, Angular) | Server-side rendering (Node.js, PHP, Python) |
| Marketing and landing pages | Database-backed applications |
| Documentation sites | User authentication flows |
| Portfolio or blog sites (pre-built) | Dynamic API endpoints |
Step 1: Create a bucket with the website name
aws s3 mb s3://my-static-site-example
Step 2: Enable static website hosting
aws s3 website s3://my-static-site-example \
--index-document index.html \
--error-document error.html
Step 3: Disable Block Public Access (required for public websites)
aws s3api put-public-access-block \
--bucket my-static-site-example \
--public-access-block-configuration \
BlockPublicAcls=false,IgnorePublicAcls=false,BlockPublicPolicy=false,RestrictPublicBuckets=false
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