DEV Community: Charlotte

Day 2 again

Charlotte — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 19:30:29 +0000

I successfully created a CloudFront distribution with the origin being a S3 static website and an SSL certificate. For some reason yesterday, I could not add my Amazon CA domain to the CloudFront distribution.

I created a S3 static website (public settings enabled) reachable by the Object URL. I then created a CloudFront distribution with the S3 bucket as the origin domain and an Amazon issued SSL certificate. No issues as I am able to reach the distribution through the distribution domain name. Next, I wanted to add a domain (Amazon is the CA and I have a hosted zone) to the distribution, but yesterday it did not work (maybe it was the issues in us-east-1).

I added a alternate domain name in the distribution with the website domain name and created an alias in Route 53 pointing the record name to the distribution domain name. But it did not work.

Tried recreating the alias again today, and voila! My domain https://boricuaenlanube.net worked!

On to the next step, connecting my DynamoDB to my JavaScript to store the information about visitors.

Day 1... again

Charlotte — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:35:21 +0000

I had to take some time off to study for the Cloud Architect Associate (which I passed) and had to put this on the backburner. But 8 months later, we are back. I updated my resume and certs on the HMTL, created a static website host in S3, created a CloudFront distribution with an ACM SSL certificate and a Web Application Firewall. Now comes the wait for the DNS to propagate so I can access my site through www.boricuaenlanube.net.

Next step is to create the DynamoDB and read/write into it with JavaScript.

Day 6: Website 1.0 almost ready

Charlotte — Fri, 30 Apr 2021 23:43:53 +0000

I am already envisioning version 2.0 but that will have to wait. I want to get ahead to the next step this weekend: S3 static website hosting, CloudFront and Domain.

Day 5: When you have to rewrite

Charlotte — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 23:00:45 +0000

I made the mistake of not publishing the website to AWS. The content I saw in my editor was different from what I ended up with. The upside: I like my new design much better.

Day 3: Dizzy from all the CSS

Charlotte — Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:26:33 +0000

Spent the day rewriting CSS. Hunting for code. I hope to be done by tomorrow so I can upload to AWS S3 and then make my static website.

Day 2: Lots of CSS to write...

Charlotte — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 22:25:10 +0000

Got all my HTML down. Now working on CSS. I did create my buckets in S3. Planning to upload and make public tomorrow. For now it is CSS.

Day 1: Cloud Resume Challenge. It's on!

Charlotte — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 19:39:19 +0000

There are defining moments in life when an event changes your life and you are left wondering "How did I function without this?"

That is how I feel about AWS.

There are too many whys: its easier, its cheaper, it makes sense...

I don't ever want to go back to the non-cloud way.

While doing the challenge, I am also studying in for the AWS Architect Associate. Hoping that I can sit for it in July.

Day 1 Down.

Created my HTML and CSS documents.