I\'ve been using AWS a lot more now mostly because I have credits (don\'t want to lie to you). If you follow me on social media then you know I recently fell in love with linode for small projects (I also have some credit there), but for things that won\'t change such as my personal site and business site I\'m going to stick with AWS. This is a guide to remember how to host a site using s3 buckets and route 53. It took me forever to figure out the first time. So let\'s begin\... Setting up Buckets {#settingupbuckets} ------------------ 1. Sign into your console and select s3 2. Create 2 buckets: `domain.name` and `www.domain.name` > I have my things in Ohio as that is the closest city to me Setting up the www.domain.name bucket {#settingupthewwwdomainnamebucket} ------------------------------------- 1. Click on your `www.domain.name` bucket 2. Go to `Properties` and select `Static website hosting` 3. Pick `redirect requests` 4. In the `target bucket or domain` blank put `domain.name` and hit save Setting up the domain.name bucket {#settingupthedomainnamebucket} --------------------------------- 1. Click on your `domain.name` bucket 2. In overview if you have your site already made hit `upload` else move to the next step 3. Go to `Properties` and select `Static website hosting` 4. Pick `Use this bucket to host a website` 5. In the `Index document` blank put `index.html` and hit save 6. Go to `Permissions` and select `Bucket Policy` 7. insert the following > I actually don\'t know why the version is for that date but it works > so go with it { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Sid": "PublicReadGetObject", "Effect": "Allow", "Principal": "*", "Action": "s3:GetObject", "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::domain.name/*" } ] } 8. Hit save and we can blow this popsicle stand! Route53 Setup {#route53setup} ------------- 1. Click on `Hosted zones` and then hit `Create Hosted Zone` 2. Hit `Create Record Set` 3. Make sure the `Type:` is `A - IPv4 address` 4. Set `Alias` to yes 5. From the dropdown you should see `domain.name`, if so click on it but if not wait a few moments and look again 6. Hit save DNS Things {#dnsthings} ---------- So at this point the last thing is connecting DNS to your domain provider. I\'m not sure who you use so I\'m just going to tell you to find said name servers. ### Still in Route53 continuing from the last step {#stillinroute53continuingfromthelaststep} 1. Click on the `NS` record 2. On the right you will see a section called `Value:` 3. Those 4 lines are what need to be copied for your custom DNS \"points\" Now hit save and wait a few minutes. You have officially got your new static site hosted. Enjoy!