Creating Your Amazon S3 Bucket
In this video, we’ll walk through the steps to create your Amazon S3 Bucket. Let’s get started.
Step 1: Navigate to S3
- Go to S3 in your AWS console.
- Click the Create a Bucket button.
Step 2: Configure Your Bucket
- Please ensure you are in the North Virginia Region to work with your already generated SSL certificate.
- Enter your bucket name, using your domain name without any prefixes (no "www" or "https").
- This will keep your setup organized.
- Make the bucket publicly accessible.
- Uncheck the Block Public Access button.
- Confirm this action by checking the acknowledgment box that appears.
Step 3: Finalize Bucket Settings
- Scroll down and leave SSE-S3 as-is.
- Disable the Bucket Key option.
- No further changes are needed on this page.
- Click Create Bucket.
Step 4: Update Bucket Permissions
- After the bucket is created, click into the bucket and navigate to Permissions.
- Scroll down to the Bucket Policy section and click Edit.
- Locate your ARN (Amazon Resource Name) displayed above the policy box.
- Copy the ARN and paste it into the bucket policy provided in your Google Doc.
- Ensure you include the trailing slash and asterisk when pasting the ARN.
- Copy the complete policy from your Google Doc.
- Paste it into the Policy box in the S3 screen and click Save Changes.
Step 5: Enable Static Website Hosting
- Navigate to Properties.
- Scroll down to Static Website Hosting and click Edit.
- Enable static website hosting.
- Enter index.html and error.html in their respective fields as suggested text, then click Save Changes.
Step 6: Upload Your Files
- Navigate to the Objects tab.
- Click Upload and select the index.html and error.html files saved on your desktop.
- Upload the files to your bucket.
Your S3 Bucket setup is now complete.
In the next lesson, we’ll set up your CloudFront Content Distribution Network (CDN). Please proceed to that lesson now.
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