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Deploying Gatsby Sites to S3 + Cloudfront

Combining Amazon Web Services S3 + Cloudfront provides an enterprise-grade CDN & hosting for Gatsby sites.

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When Is S3 + Cloudfront a Good Idea?

S3 + Cloudfront is great for:

  • Teams who are already using other AWS services for hosting and storage
  • Teams who want enterprise SLA guarantees
  • Teams who have bandwidth to maintain deployment pipelines

Cloudfront is not-so-great for:

  • Teams who want an out-of-the-box CI/CD pipeline
  • Teams who want a simple admin interface
  • Teams who need on-premise deployment & hosting

What Does It Take to Implement S3 + Cloudfront?

Combining Amazon Web Services S3 + Cloudfront provides an enterprise-grade CDN & hosting solution for Gatsby sites. To deploy a Gatsby site to S3 + Cloudfront:

  1. Create an S3 bucket to house the files & configure permissions
  2. Enable website hosting on the bucket and configure it to point to index.html
  3. Create an IAM User to authorize uploads & store the access key
  4. Enable Cloudfront distribution on the S3 bucket
  5. Configure your Gatsby site to push built files into the S3 bucket

Ready to Get Started?