Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) lets you host static websites. Static websites are made up of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and media files — no server-side code is needed.

This guide will walk you through the steps to set up and publish a static website using an S3 bucket.

Step 1: Create an S3 Bucket

Go to the S3 Console in AWS.

Click Create bucket.

Enter a unique name for your bucket. For website hosting, the bucket name should match your domain name (e.g., example.com).

Choose a region.

Uncheck Block all public access (you'll make the bucket public for web access).

Acknowledge the warning and click Create bucket.

Step 2: Upload Your Website Files

Open your new bucket.

Click Upload.

Add your HTML, CSS, JS, and other static files.

Click Upload.

Step 3: Set Permissions to Make Files Public

You need to make your files publicly readable:

Go to the

Permissions tab

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Scroll to

Bucket Policy

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Add a policy like this:

{ "Version" : "2012-10-17" , "Statement" : [ { "Sid" : "PublicReadGetObject" ,…