AWS Amplify Hosting Simplifies S3 Static Website Hosting


With AWS Amplify Hosting, hosting an Amazon S3 static website is made simpler and more effective.

AWS Amplify Hosting

Implement server-side rendered apps, static apps, and SPAs quickly.


Amplify Hosting provides modern web applications with scalable, secure, and reliable hosting.

Amplify Hosting offers easy-to-use CI/CD with simple Git-based workflows for both static and dynamic web apps. supports several modern web frameworks, such as Vue, Angular, React, and Next.js.

Amplify Hosting: Why Use It?

Deploy any frontend framework quickly

In addition to supporting modern web frameworks like React, Angular, Vue, and others, Amplify Hosting offers zero-config deployments for Next.js and Nuxt projects. Connect to a Git repository, then deploy with a few clicks.

Reach a global user base of millions

Using Amazon CloudFront's content delivery network (CDN), which offers more than 600 locations worldwide, you can distribute online programs securely and with the least amount of latency.

Made to fit squads of any size

Utilize integrated CI/CD processes, pull request previews, and feature branch deployments to expedite your application release cycle.

Rates for pay as you go

You should only pay for the resources that you really use. No long-term agreements, complex licensing, or per-seat fees.

Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and AWS Amplify Hosting are now integrated. You may now use a content delivery network (CDN) to serve static webpages that contain content stored in your S3 buckets with only a few clicks.

AWS Amplify Hosting is a fully managed static site hosting solution that handles many aspects of website deployment. Features like custom domain configuration with SSL, redirection, custom headers, and deployment on an internationally accessible CDN offered by Amazon CloudFront are available for you to utilize.

Every time you make changes to the content in your S3 bucket, you can easily update your website with a single click since Amplify maintains the connection between your S3 bucket and the deployed website when you publish a static website. Because AWS Amplify Hosting offers quicker and more effective deployment without requiring a lot of setup, it is recommended to use it for hosting static websites.

Starting with the Amazon S3 console, the integration procedure proceeds as follows:

Deploying a static website with the Amazon S3 console

This new integration allows you to run a personal website from your S3 bucket.

To get started, click your bucket in the Amazon S3 console. The following is a list of everything that is in the S3 bucket:

To use the new integration with AWS Amplify Hosting, navigate to the Properties panel, scroll down to Static website hosting, and then choose Create Amplify app.

After entering the data from your S3 bucket, you are taken to the Amplify page. This is where you configure the Branch name and your App name. Next, you save and deploy.

Your static website was launched by AWS Amplify in a matter of seconds, and you may access it by selecting the Visit deployed URL. You must select the Deploy updates button in the Amplify interface in order to redeploy your application if you wish to make any changes to your S3 bucket for your static website.

For programmatic deployment, you can also use the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI). To do that, you must retrieve the required parameter values, such as APP_ID and BRANCH_NAME, from your AWS Amplify dashboard.

You have the option to create a custom domain for your static website after Amplify Hosting provides you with a URL. To do that in AWS Amplify, navigate to my apps and select Custom domains from the navigation pane. You then select Add domain to start configuring a custom domain for a static website.

You have a static website with a custom domain set up. Amplify also offers an SSL/TLS certificate for your domain, guaranteeing the security of all HTTPS communication.

Crucial details

Additional functionality: With AWS Amplify Hosting, you can make use of additional functionality for your static websites.

Options for deployment: You can start deploying a static website from Amazon S3 using the Amplify Hosting interface, the AWS CLI, or the AWS SDKs.

Cost of Amplify Hosting: For additional information on prices, visit the pricing pages for Amazon S3 and AWS Amplify.

Accessibility: Amplify Hosting may now be integrated with Amazon S3 in the AWS regions where it is available.

Start building your static website with this new integration. 

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