# 5 Easy Steps to Deploy Static Website to AWS S3
#### Requirements
To follow this guide, you will be required to have:
1. AWS Account
2. Static Site Template or your custom HTML
#### Step 1: Creating a bucket
To create a bucket in AWS S3, follow these steps:
1. Go to your AWS Console.
2. Search S3 and Select it from the search bar.
3. Click on `Create bucket`.
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1. It will open up a new window where you will be required to fill up the bucket information.
2. Add bucket name. It should be the name of your website.
eg. `buysoundbar`
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3. Skip all the settings to default and at the bottom, click on `Create bucket` to create your bucket.
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4. Once the bucket is created, a pop-up message will be shown and you will be redirected to the bucket list page.
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#### Step 2: Making bucket public
By default, Block public access is on for each new bucket. Bucket should be made public before hosting any static website on it.
1. Select your bucket from the list.
2. Select `Permissions` tab.
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1. On the `Block public access` block, click on `Edit` to update the public access.
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2. De-select the checkbox for public access.
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3. Click on `Save changes` to save the settings.
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#### Step 3: Upload your static site content
Create `index.html` page and add the following content.
```xml
Buy Soundbar
Welcome to Buy Soundbar
```
1. Select your bucket in AWS S3.
2. Click on `Upload` . In the next screen, select `Add files` to add file.
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3. Select the file to upload. I have selected the `index.html` file from my device to upload it. Once the file is selected, click on `Upload` the button from the bottom of the page.
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#### Step 4: Making objects public using bucket policy.
All the objects present in the bucket should be public for any static website. To make the objects public, we will be using the bucket policy.
1. Select your bucket.
2. Select `Permissions` the tab for the bucket.
3. Move to the `Bucket policy` block and click on `Edit`.
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4. Paste the following policy in the editor.
```json
{
"Version": "2012-10-17",
"Statement": [
{
"Sid": "PublicReadGetObject",
"Effect": "Allow",
"Principal": "*",
"Action": [
"s3:GetObject"
],
"Resource": [
"arn:aws:s3:::Bucket-Name/*"
]
}
]
}
```
Your editor should look like this:
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Replace `Bucket-Name` with your bucket name. The final version should look like this:
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Click on `Save Changes` to save the policy.
#### Step 5: Enabling Static website hosting for the bucket
1. Select your bucket
2. Click on `Properties` tab. Move to the bottom of the Properties tab.
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By default, static website hosting is disabled. Click on `Edit`.
3. Select `Enable` toggle for Static website hosting in the Edit page.
4. Add `index.html` in the Index document and click on `Save changes`.
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1. After saving, move to the bottom of the `Properties` tab in the `Static website hosting` section. You will find the URL for your static site.
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1. Open the link in the new tab and you will see your static website which is hosted in AWS S3.
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Congratulations 🎉. You have successfully hosted your static website using AWS S3.
#### What's next?
Static website hosting with AWS S3 and CI/CD with Github Action.
#### [Part 2: 4 Steps to configure CI/CD for website deployed in AWS S3](https://blog.eklak.dev/4-steps-to-configure-cicd-for-website-deployed-in-aws-s3)