Routing traffic to a website that is hosted in a S3 bucket

• You can configure an S3 bucket to host a static website that can include web pages and client-side scripts.

• To route domain traffic to an S3 bucket, use Route 53 to create an alias record (Route 53 extension to DNS) that points to your bucket.

Prerequisites

• S3 bucket that is configured to host a static website.

  • The bucket name must be the same as your domain or subdomain.

• Registered domain name.

  • You can use Route 53 as your domain registrar, or you can use a different registrar.

• Route 53 as the DNS service for the domain.

  • If you register your domain name by using Route 53, AWS automatically configure Route 53 as the DNS service for the domain.