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Best practices for S3 web hosting and explaining why

There are a lot of very good resources explaining how to set up a S3 website. But not explaining why you should choose one option over the other. In this article I will not explain step by step how to set up a S3 website. If you are looking for that, I have added some links at the bottom of this article. Instead I will give you the best practices and support those with an explanation. ...

February 3, 2022

S3 website: Why your domain and bucket name must be identical

When setting up S3 website hosting you can use a Route53 alias for connecting the domain to the website bucket. This approach forces you to set identical names for the S3 bucket and domain name. In this article I will explain to you why the domain name and bucket names must be identical. ...

January 31, 2022