How to Create a Static Website for Free Using Amazon S3 | AWS Tutorials for Beginners
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) can be used as inexpensive object storage (think: files, images, videos, logs, etc.). But did you know it can also be used to host a static website? Static meaning no server-side code, but it’s perfect for simple HTML, images and even some client-side scripts.
In a hands-on tutorial, I’ll show you how to create a bucket, enable it for static website hosting, update permissions, and then upload a simple html file and image. Then voila—our website is working!
You might also be interested in this video about the basics of S3: https://youtu.be/mDRoyPFJvlU
The JSON code for the bucket policy can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y9Vjom6lbdKdfbw672FWGJ0WVO8gbemFUMsE72LqDac/edit?usp=sharing.
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00:00 – Host a static website on Amazon S3 for free or almost free!
00:22 – Reviewing the Free Tier for Amazon S3
01:04 – S3 can only host static websites (no server-side code)
01:25 – Creating a new S3 bucket to host our website
01:52 – Enabling static website hosting on the S3 bucket
02:32 – Access denied! Allowing public access to the bucket
03:12 – Updating the bucket policy to allow read access to everyone
04:03 – Creating the HTML pages for your static website
04:28 – Uploading the index.html and image files to the S3 bucket
04:45 – Viewing the static webpage in S3
05:20 – Deleting the S3 bucket
