AWS

Using AWS to Host a Static Website - Part 7

In part 6 I created the CDN distribution using Amazon CloudFront which tied the SSL certificates, HTTP to HTTPS redirection and the static content on the Amazon S3 bucket together. In this post, I am creating the Amazon Route 53 alias records to point at the distribution that I created.

Using AWS to Host a Static Website - Part 6

In part 5 I created the SSL certificates to use with the static website. In this post, I am going to deploy Amazon CloudFront for the CDN portion. Before I do that, I am going to upload the static HTML files that will be rendered.

Using AWS to Host a Static Website - Part 5

In part 4 I did a walk through of creating an Amazon Route 53 public hosted zone. If AWS is registrar, that step is not required as AWS create it as part of the registration. It just made sense to walk through the steps for completeness. In this post I am walking through the steps to create SSL certificates and use DNS validation. This is achieved using AWS Certificate Manager.

Using AWS to Host a Static Website - Part 4

In part 3 I walked through the creation of the Amazon S3 bucket where the static website content will reside. In this post I will walk through using CloudFormation to create an Amazon Route 53 public hosted zone. This is automatically created when a domain is registered using Amazon Route 53 so this is for completeness and is not required for this series of posts.

Using AWS to Host a Static Website - Part 3

In part 2 I discussed the sequence that is to be used to build out a static website on AWS and covered how to register a domain using Amazon Route 53. In this post, I am going to cover using CloudFormation to create an Amazon S3 bucket for the static website content.

Using AWS to Host a Static Website - Part 2

In Part 1 I talked about the AWS services used to host a static website and the use of Infrastructure-as-Code (“IaC”) to deploy and, ultimately maintain the infrastructure that underpins it. In this post, I am going to talk about the sequence that the AWS services need to be created in.

Using AWS to Host a Static Website - Part 1

For years I have been uses various platforms to host a static website and one of the easiest ways, for me, has been to use AWS services to do so. At the core of it, there is Amazon S3 which is cheap and easy to configure as a static website. You can add several other AWS services to this to provide a scalable and robust solution for hosting a static website.

The AWS re:Invent 2024 Experience

This was not the first time I had been to re:Invent and things have changed over the years. This is true of Las Vegas and re:Invent. In person, this is the third time with another time being the virtual event when the Covid pandemic was at its height.

Preparing for AWS re:Invent 2024

Its getting close to that time of year again. This will be my third time at re:Invent and I am expecting it to be the same physical and mental workout that it has been in the past.

How to use a Password Manager to Store AWS Credentials

I like to have a way of avoiding having to have access_key_ids and secret_access_keys locally configured on my Mac.