Overview
This post briefly describes a little bit of what I learned when looking to setup a custom domain and CDN for a static website hosted on S3.
TLDR
Bucket name needs to match custom domain. E.g. to setup a custom domain of wilsonmccoubrey.com, bucket name must be wilsonmccoubrey.com
Assumptions
This quick guide assumes you have:
- A static website running successfully inside a bucket in S3, accessible via the bucket url e.g.
http://<bucket name>.s3-website-<region>1.amazonaws.com/ - A domain setup in cloudflare and nameservers setup
Steps
Set bucket name correctly
When setting up your bucket, your bucket name must match the custom domain which you want to serve the site from. For example, to setup a custom domain of wilsonmccoubrey.com, bucket name must be wilsonmccoubrey.com. I originally made this mistake and received 'NoSuchBucketException' in the browser after setting up my domain.
Add CNAME Record to Cloudflare
Enable SSL (Optional, but recommended)
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