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Offers only HTTP, how to make it to work on HTTPS? Is it possible?
I configured and it is working fine for HTTP, but for HTTPS I'm getting
This site can’t be reached
Even though I created certificates to my domain in AWS Certificate Manager.
CloudFront can be used to serve HTTPS request for static website hosted on S3.
Here is some AWS documentation https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/cloudfront-https-requests-s3/
Also, i found this blog very explanatory - https://medium.com/#sbuckpesch/setup-aws-s3-static-website-hosting-using-ssl-acm-34d41d32e394
Hope this helps.
To configure HTTPS for Static website hosted using S3 as Web site feature, you have to configure AWS CloudFront to serve the website from the CDN locations and ACM can be configured on CloudFront distribution.
Create the Route 53 record set pointing to CloudFront Distribution Endpoint
This way you can server the S3 website on HTTPS and also it will reduce latency as well to your end users request.
Hope this helps
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Similarly to other stacks, I have hosted a website using AWS services:
Registered domain on Route 53 (example.net)
Content is hosted on an S3 bucket
Got an SSL certificate using AWS Certificate Manager
Created a CloudFront distribution, pointed it to S3 and connected it to my domain with Route 53.
All of this works except for an issue at what seems to be the final hurdle. When I enter my domain url into the search bar, example.net, the connection isn't secure by default. I've illustrated the problem here.
I'm relatively new to hosting and can't find a solution relating to this. My thoughts are that I'm missing some Cloudfront or Route 53 configuration, since another thing that doesn't work is connecting via www (I don't care about that issue as much). Any input is appreciated.
By default enabling HTTPS on a website doesn't disable HTTP. They are both available, on separate ports. That's why you have to type https:// in the browser's address bar to go directly to the HTTPS version of your website. You can get CloudFront to redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS by following this guide.
I am hosting a static website with AWS S3 and CloudFront but came up with the problem that I can't receive emails on the registrars email server (strato.de).
The registrar where I reserved my domain name and email server is currently "Strato.de"
In order to host my static website I created a S3 Bucket on AWS and a CloudFront distribution to use TLS/SSL and HTTPS.
I configured my registrar to point to the aws nameservers in the Route 53 configuration, this works perfectly and my website is publibly available.
The problem I am facing is that my emails are also redirected to the aws configuration because the nameservers transfer all traffic instead of only my website.
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To solve this problem I thought about creating an A-record in my registrar and point to the IP of the CloudFront distribution. Unforntunately they don't use static IP-Adresses. Secondly if I use the S3 bucket directly instead of CloudFront there would be not HTTPS.
I am a beginner in this field and just want to receive emails that are sent to the domain name I reserved at the registrar and at the same time host my website via CloudFront.
I appreciate any help.
Unfortunately, it's not possible, I had a call with Strato and they said you have to use their DNS in order to benefit from their mail service.
My advice will be to use Google suite or Zoho who have more experience in the field, as well you will find a lot of articles explaining how to solve this common issue.
I have a website hosted on GoDaddy. I want to use Amazon CloudFront for serving it to visitors.
I have searched and only found hosting the media on S3 or the entire site on EC2. I do not want that
Is it possible that once a while, say 15 minutes, Amazon CF gets the latest data of my website from godaddy server and any visitor is served the content from Amazon CDN?
As per the AWS docs here, CloudFront supports using any source that can respond to http requests as a Custom Origin.
Create a custom origin and associate a behaviour with that origin and you’ll be serving your content, from your custom HTTP origin, via CloudFront.
I have a website hosted on AWS s3. The website is working fine on HTTP. Since I needed SSL on my website, I tried to set up a CloudFront distribution with SSL from ACM. The CloudFront link that I get after the distribution setup shows HTTPS which proves that the SSL is attached to the distribution. But when I try to access the website, it only works on HTTP and not on HTTPS. I have set up an A record in route 53 to the CloudFront distribution.
I try access to Amazon AWS S3 with https.
This link with http works: http://sc-st01.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/
But this not: https://sc-st01.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/
Is there any setting to enable it?
I use CNAME also but i think the problem is in access to https.
Thank you for any advice.
UPDATE: This refers to using S3 to host static web content.
If you are using your S3 bucket to host static web content, then HTTPS isn't supported. To quote the AWS doc, it says under the Test your website section:
Note
HTTPS access to the website is not supported.
Not very helpful. If you are interested in learning how S3 virtual hosting works, you can read more about it here.
To serve your static web content over HTTPS, you will need to set up an AWS CloudFront distribution, which is quite straight forward via the AWS Management Console. The only configurations that will require special attentions are:
Origin Domain Name: This should refer to the URI of your S3 bucket. In your case, it will be sc-st01.s3-website-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com
Viewer Protocol Policy: Default to HTTP and HTTPS Only
Alternate Domain Names (CNAMEs): CNAME you set up in your DNS.
SSL Certificate: Either Default CloudFront Certificate or Custom SSL Certificate if you have one. Note that setting up custom SSL certificate is more involved as it needs to be uploaded to the IAM.
Default Root Object: The default file you want to serve when your user visits your static web site.
Once you're done with setting up the configurations, it will usually take 5 to 10 minutes for the new distribution to be fully configured and set up. Refer the Status field on the CloudFront management dashboard for progress. When ready, you will see the new Domain Name of your distribution. You should be able to access the static web content in your S3 bucket (assuming that the permissions of the content is granted to Everyone) by navigating to the http: or https:// URL of your distribution Domain Name.
I will also recommend checking out the CloudFront pricing to ensure if you are aware of what is free, and what isn't.