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Comparing options for hosting a website in AWS

Comparing options for hosting a website in AWS - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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Comparing options for hosting a website in AWS

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[Lecturer] Let's look at the different options to host web apps on AWS and how you can choose the best for you. AWS offers several ways to host a website depending on what you need. Let's start by breaking these into two categories, static websites and dynamic website hosting. First up, static websites. These are websites made up just with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files, like a portfolio, a blog, or a documentation site. For static sites, the most common option is Amazon S3. S3 is a highly scalable, super cost-effective solution. You simply upload your files and AWS take cares of the rest, delivering your content to users quickly and reliable. You can even use your own custom domain to enable HTPS with CloudFront, AWS Content Delivery Network. It's perfect for simple static websites. If you need a custom domain, continuous integration, continuous deployment, CICD, support for HTPS, and other features out of the box, you might want to look at AWS Amplify. It's incredible easy to use…

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