It's really easy to host a static website on AWS. It turns out that it's also dirt cheap, fast, reliable, and massively scalable.
You do this by storing your content in an S3 bucket and configuring that bucket to behave like a website.
It's important to note that we're talking about static content only. This method doesn't work for websites requiring server-side processing or some other backend functionality. WordPress, for example, requires a hypertext preprocessor (PHP), which means you need a fully functional web server to run it. S3 won't interpret PHP pages for you; it will just serve files straight to the browser.
So, why would you want to host a static website in S3? Common scenarios we encounter include the following:
- Simply, your website is completely static and you don't change it very often.
- Your company is...