How to Host a Real Website on AWS for Free | Cloud Computing in the AI Era – Day 2

🌐 Day 2 of Cloud Computing in the AI Era — your website goes live. For free. Forever. On Day 1 you served a webpage from an EC2 server using a raw IP address and a Python terminal you had to keep open. Today we do it properly. S3 + CloudFront + HTTPS — no server, no maintenance, no bill. This is how production websites are actually deployed on AWS. ────────────────────────────────────── 🛠️ WHAT YOU'LL BUILD ────────────────────────────────────── ✅ A multi-page portfolio website (HTML + CSS) ✅ S3 bucket — store and serve your files ✅ CloudFront CDN — 400+ global edge locations ✅ Free HTTPS padlock — zero configuration ✅ Private S3 bucket locked behind CloudFront (OAC) ✅ Optional: Custom domain + ACM certificate ────────────────────────────────────── 00:00 – Intro: Welcome to Day 2 and Recap of Day 1 01:21 – Creating Your Website Files Locally 02:07 – Setting up index.html, about.html, and style.css 04:09 – Leveraging AI (Claude) for Personalized Web Content 06:28 – Step 1: Creating an AWS S3 Bucket 07:47 – Method 1: Direct S3 Static Website Hosting (The Quick Approach) 08:54 – Enabling Static Web Hosting in S3 Properties 09:23 – Managing Permissions: Disabling Public Access Blocks 09:54 – Setting up S3 Bucket Policy for Read Access 10:48 – Uploading Your Website Files to the S3 Bucket 11:53 – Method 2: Making it Production Ready with CloudFront (CDN) 12:21 – Enhancing Security: Blocking Public Access Back to S3 12:48 – Creating a CloudFront Distribution for Global Delivery 14:36 – Verifying Automated Permissions & Origin Access 15:20 – Testing the Live Website via CloudFront Domain 15:51 – How to Update Your Site and Create an Invalidation 18:41 – Next Steps: Automating Deployments with GitHub CI/CD ────────────────────────────────────── 📚 RESOURCES ────────────────────────────────────── 🔗 Full written guide (Day 2): https://techwithkobina.com/pages/cour... 🔗 Day 1 — Your First Server: [LINK] 🔗 Course playlist:    • Cloud Computing in the AI Era — Full AWS C...   ────────────────────────────────────── 💬 WHAT TO DO NEXT ────────────────────────────────────── 👍 Like if you got the padlock in your browser 💬 Drop your CloudFront URL in the comments — let's see your portfolio! 🔔 Subscribe — Day 3 is coming and it gets even better ────────────────────────────────────── 📌 ABOUT THIS SERIES ────────────────────────────────────── Cloud Computing in the AI Era is a 40+ day hands-on AWS series covering everything from your first server to production-grade AI infrastructure. Free Tier-friendly and aligned with the AWS SAA-C03 exam. #AWS #S3 #CloudFront #AWSBeginners #StaticWebsiteHosting #AWSS3 #CloudFrontCDN #HTTPS #ACM #AWSCertification #SAAC03 #TechWithKobina #CloudComputingAIEra #AWSFree #ServerlessHosting