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…
A collection of shell/Terraform scripts to host a web site on AWS launched on January 1, 2024 with 11 votes, #1,244 of 4,437 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
In plain words
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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Shell+Terraform scripts to create an AWS hosted SSL domain with web content - klinquist/tf-aws-s3-cf-template
In the maker’s words, at launch
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) *…
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