This is a memo for setting up Amazon S3 to host static web site

setting-up-amazons3.markdown

I'm an absolute newbie on Amazon S3.
I'm not even familiar with setting up DNS and such.
I still don't know what exactly CNAME is.
However, I'll try to understand all of these.

Changelog

• Downloaded s3sync command line tool to be able to "rsync"(almost) to S3

  I couldn't make files public so I've use [AWS Management Console](Amazon S3: Static Web Sites: Custom Domain or Subdomain) for that.
  I also used AWS Management Console to enable to host static website(Did this via Properties on Drop Down menu says Actions on Buckets pane)

• Setup new domain layouts-the.me for my new project at godaddy.com

  I've added CNAME host www which points to @layouts-the.me.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
  Still waiting to correctly point to my new domain or I made a mistake not knowing about it.

• Found out I needed a subdomain at CNAME

  At Go Daddy's ZOne File Editor, I've wrote www at Host which points to www.layouts-the.me.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com

  Before I have layout-the.me as bucket name at Amazon S3 but I needed to create www.layouts-the.me.

• This is where I am right now

  Now you can see it at http://www.layouts-the.me/
  My question right now is: is there any way to get rid of www?

  According to https://forums.aws.amazon.com/message.jspa?messageID=224337, it seems impossible. Or Is it?

  For now, I've decided to ignore the issue.
  But I don't even know how to redirect non-www to www URL with go daddy...

List of references

• Hosting Websites on Amazon S3@Amazon S3 document
• Amazon S3: Static Web Sites: Custom Domain or Subdomain @stakoverflow
• Bucket Restrictions and Limitations @Amazon S3 document
• [Tutorial] How to Host Your Website on Amazon S3 @digirtal inspiration
• cname and godaddy @Amazon Web Services Discussion Forums