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Static Website Hosting

Static Website Hosting on AWS S3 with CloudFront and Route 53

Ita's portforlio website

For this project, my goal was to deploy a fast, secure, and cost-efficient static website using AWS best practices. I chose Amazon S3 for hosting due to its durability and simplicity, and paired it with Amazon CloudFront to ensure low-latency, global content delivery. Route 53 manages the domain and DNS routing, providing reliable availability and seamless HTTPS integration through ACM. This setup results in a highly scalable architecture with 99.99% availability, sub-second load times, and a monthly cost of under $2.

This portfolio website you’re viewing is the live implementation of this architecture. You’re currently viewing it live on AWS infrastructure.

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Architectural Diagrams

Screenshot of files in the S3 Bucket

Screenshot of the Route 53 console

Lessons Learned

How to configure an Amazon S3 bucket for static website hosting and enforce proper public access settings.
The importance of using CloudFront to improve global performance, caching, and security.
How to connect a custom domain through Route 53 and integrate HTTPS using AWS Certificate Manager.
Understanding how S3, CloudFront, and Route 53 work together to create a highly available, scalable architecture.
Best practices for cost optimization when hosting static sites on AWS.
How to troubleshoot common issues like permission errors, caching delays, and DNS propagation times.
The value of documenting architecture decisions and creating diagrams to communicate technical solutions clearly.
Gaining hands-on experience with deploying real-world infrastructure using AWS console and services.