Using custom domains with S3 static websites

In this recipe, we will look at how to use custom domain names with S3. Using custom domains with S3 requires that the domain name (including the WWW sub-domain) is the same as that of the bucket name. We can have a bucket for a naked domain (for example, qnatime.com), and another bucket for its WWW sub-domain (for example, www.qnatime.com); the WWW sub-domain forwards the request to the naked domain.

Getting ready

You should have a public domain with a HostedZone configured in Route 53. Please refer to the recipes Registering a domain name with Route 53 and Using domains registered with other registrars.

Also, we will not discuss the details related to the creation of an S3 static...