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Growth · January 1, 2024

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A collection of shell/Terraform scripts to host a web site on AWS

Regularly register a domain and want to put some web content there? This repo includes: A shell script that: * Adds a hosted zone in Route53 for your domain * Prints the NS records for your domain so you can update your registrar AND A Terraform module that does the following: * Creates an S3 bucket (domainname) * Creates a second S3 bucket for logs (domainname-logs) with a lifecycle policy to delete logs after 15 days * Creates a CloudFront distribution * Creates an SSL certificate for the domain name (adding www. as a subject alternative name) * Creates a Route53 record for the domain name…

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This repository provides automation scripts and Terraform modules for hosting websites on AWS. It includes a shell script to set up Route53 DNS hosting and a Terraform module that creates S3 buckets for content and logs, configures a CloudFront distribution, generates SSL certificates, and sets up Route53 records. It can optionally configure email forwarding through Google Workspace. The toolkit is designed for developers who have registered a domain and want to quickly deploy web infrastructure on AWS with automated DNS and CDN configuration.

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Regularly register a domain and want to put some web content there? This repo includes: A shell script that: * Adds a hosted zone in Route53 for your domain * Prints the NS records for your domain so you can update your registrar AND A Terraform module that does the following: * Creates an S3 bucket (domainname) * Creates a second S3 bucket for logs (domainname-logs) with a lifecycle policy to delete logs after 15 days * Creates a CloudFront distribution * Creates an SSL certificate for the domain name (adding www. as a subject alternative name) * Creates a Route53 record for the domain name (adding www. as a CNAME) * Creates an IAM user & policy for a github action. Warning: Check the permissions, they are too liberal right now :). * (optional) Creates Route53 MX records and TXT validation record for Google Workspace AND A shell script that: * Adds AWS credentials to your github repo secrets so you can use a github action to deploy your website to the bucket (using something like Jekyll).

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