15. Lab - S3 & Cloud Front

# S3 & CloudFront

In this hands-on exercise, you will create a S3 bucket with a Cloud Front distribution to speed up our the delivery of content to our website.

Prerequisites:

• AWS Account

Topics Covered:

By the end of this lab, you will be able to:

• Create and configure a bucket
• Upload an object to a bucket
• Create distribution

Steps:

1. Create S3 Bucket
   • On the AWS Management Console page, type S3 in the Find Services box and then select S3.
   • Click Create bucket
   • Enter a Bucket name.
     • Note: Bucket names must be globally unique.
   • Click the Create button.
   • Once the bucket is created, click on the name of the bucket to open the bucket to the contents.
2. Upload Object to Bucket
   • Once the bucket is open to its contents, click the Upload button.
   • Click the Add Files button.
   • Select a file from your local computer to upload.
   • Click Open.
   • Click Upload.
3. Create CloudFront Distribution
   • Select Services from the top left corner.
   • Enter cloud front in the Find a service by name or feature text box and select Cloud Front.
   • Click Create Distribution.
   • Under the Web delivery method, select Get Started.
   • Under Origin Settings:
   • Under Origin Domain Name, select the S3 bucket that you just created.
   • Under Origin Path, enter / to indicate the root level.
   • Leave the defaults for the rest of the options.
   • Click Create Distribution.
     • Note: It may take up to 10 minutes for the CloudFront Distribution to be created.
4. Delete Bucket and Distribution
   • To delete the Cloud Front distribution, click on the radio button next to the Delivery Method for the distribution. Click Disable and then Yes, Disable. Click Close.
   • Once the distribution is disabled, you can delete it by selecting the radio button next to the Delivery Method and clicking the Delete button.
   • To delete the S3 bucket, navigate to S3, but clicking on Services and typing S3 in the Find Services box and then select S3.
   • Select the radio button next to the name of the bucket you want to delete.
   • Click Delete.
   • Type the name of the bucket to confirm deletion.
   • Click the Confirm button.