Enable HTTPS and a custom domain on you S3 bucket using CloudFront

#aws #serverless #cloudfront #s3

What is CloudFront and why do you need it for your web applications? In this video I’ll try to answer this question, as well as show you how you can use CloudFront to enable secure communication with HTTPS to a static webpage hosted on Amazon S3. We will also make use of a custom domain.

I will assume that you have watched my video on how to Create a Route53 Hosted Zone and certificates using AWS Certificate Manager:    • AWS Route53 - Domain and SSL Certific...   , or that you already know how to do that.

Timestamps:
- Intro: 0:00​
- What is CloudFront: 1:20
- Create S3 Bucket: 4:24
- Create CloudFront distribution: 6:03
- Configure domain using Route53: 13:30

Resources:
- What is CloudFront: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonClo...
- Edge locations: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/fea...
- Route53 / ACM video:    • AWS Route53 - Domain and SSL Certific...  


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