Muhammad Ishaq

What is Amazon S3?

Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is an AWS service used to store files and objects. It is commonly used for backups, images, videos, and hosting static websites because it is fast, secure, and low cost.

PART 1: Deploy a Static Website on S3…

Step 1: Create an S3 Bucket

Create a bucket to store your website files. The bucket name must be unique.
Go to AWS Console → S3
Click Create bucket
Enter a unique bucket name
Choose a region
Uncheck Block all public access
Create the bucket

Step 2: Upload Website Files

Upload the website files that will be shown to users.
Open the bucket
Upload:
index.html
error.html
Click Upload

Step 3: Enable Static Website Hosting

This allows S3 to serve your files as a website.
Go to Bucket → Properties
Enable Static website hosting
Set:
Index document: index.html
Error document: error.html
Save changes

Step 4: Add Bucket Policy (Public Read)

This policy allows everyone to view the website.

{
  "Version": "2012-10-17",
  "Statement": [
    {
      "Effect": "Allow",
      "Principal": "*",
      "Action": "s3:GetObject",
      "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR_BUCKET_NAME/*"
    }
  ]
}

✅ Open the S3 Website Endpoint. 🎉 Your static website is now live.

PART 2: Create an EC2 Instance…

Step 1: Launch EC2

EC2 is used as a server to manage AWS services using CLI.

Go to EC2 → Launch Instance
Name: s3-cli-server
AMI: Amazon Linux 2
Instance type: t2.micro
Create/select key pair
Allow SSH (port 22)
Launch instance

Step 2: Connect to EC2

Connect to your EC2 instance using SSH.

ssh -i key.pem ec2-user@PUBLIC_IP

PART 3: Create IAM User for S3 Access

IAM user is used to securely access AWS services from CLI.

Go to IAM → Users → Create user
Username: s3-cli-user
Select Programmatic access
Attach policy: AmazonS3FullAccess
Create user
Save:
Access Key
Secret Key
⚠️ Never share these keys

PART 4: Configure AWS CLI on EC2…

Install AWS CLI

AWS CLI allows you to manage AWS using commands.

sudo apt install aws-cli -y

Configure AWS CLI

aws configure

Enter:

Access Key
Secret Key
Region (e.g. us-east-1)
Output format: json

PART 5: Manage S3 Using AWS CLI…

Below are cmd that use to show s3 bucket update delete through AWS CLI…

List All Buckets

aws s3 ls

List Files in a Bucket

aws s3 ls s3://my-static-site-demo-123

Upload a File

aws s3 cp test.txt s3://my-static-site-demo-123/

Download a File

aws s3 cp s3://my-static-site-demo-123/index.html .

Delete a File

aws s3 rm s3://my-static-site-demo-123/test.txt

Delete All Files in a Bucket

aws s3 rm s3://my-static-site-demo-123 --recursive

Delete Bucket

aws s3 rb s3://my-static-site-demo-123 --force

Final Summary…🎉

Amazon S3 is used for object storage and static websites…

Static websites on S3 are fast and low cost…

EC2, IAM, and AWS CLI help manage S3 securely…

AWS CLI is very useful for DevOps automation…

🧪 AWS S3 Static Website & CLI Management Guide...