Deploy a Static Website using Amazon S3 Website Hosting

Table of Contents

1. Challenge

   Create a S3 Bucket for Website Hosting

   1. Create a new S3 bucket with a globally unique name in a selected Region
   2. Confirm Block Public Access is enabled initially (default posture)
2. Challenge

   Upload Static Site Files

   1. Download the index.html and error.html files from the GitHub resources.
   2. Upload index.html and error.html files to the S3 bucket root (top level)
3. Challenge

   Enable S3 Website Hosting

   1. Enable Static website hosting on the bucket
   2. Set Index document to index.html
   3. Set Error document to error.html
   4. Copy the Bucket website endpoint URL for later validation
4. Challenge

   Configure Public Read Access Safely

   1. Disable “Block all public access” only as required to serve the website
   2. Copy the least-privilege s3 bucket policy form the s3bucketpolicy.json file, from the GitHub resources, so that only s3:GetObject is allowed on the S3 bucket. (Note: When pasting your AWS ARN into the s3bucketpolicy.json code "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR_BUCKET_NAME/*", be sure to keep the /* at the end of the ARN.)
5. Challenge

   Verify the Website

   1. Open the S3 website endpoint URL in a browser
   2. Confirm index.html renders successfully