📝 Project Overview
In this project, I deployed a fully functional static website using Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service). This task introduced me to cloud-based storage, object permissions, and static site hosting—core skills for cloud computing and web deployment.

🎯 Objectives

  • Learn how to create and configure an S3 bucket
  • Upload and serve static content (HTML, CSS)
  • Set object-level permissions for public access
  • Enable static website hosting on S3

🛠️ Tools & Technologies

  • Amazon S3
  • HTML / CSS

🧪 Steps Followed

1. Created an S3 Bucket

  • Named the bucket with a unique name
  • Disabled “Block all public access” to allow website visitors

2. Uploaded Website Files

Files included:

  • index.html: Homepage
  • style.css: Page styling
  • error.html: Custom 404 error page

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Uploaded Files

3. Enabled Static Website Hosting

  • Enabled the static website option in the bucket properties
  • Set index.html as the default page
  • Added error.html as the error document

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Static Website Hosting Enabled

4. Set Bucket Policy for Public Access

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [{
    "Effect": "Allow",
    "Principal": "*",
    "Action": "s3:GetObject",
    "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::brianscloudcraft/*"
  }]
}

5. Accessed the Live Site

Used the S3 website endpoint URL to access the live static website

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Accessed the Live Site

💡 What I Learned S3 buckets can serve as simple, cost-effective static web hosts Managing file permissions is crucial for public accessibility Cloud hosting doesn’t always require complex server setups. HERE ARE THE FILES I UPLOADED TO THE BUCKET

You can get them on my github repository:

error.html index.html style.css https://github.com/Bnjenga1/brianscloudcraft