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S3 / CloudFront / Route 53

Private S3 and CloudFront delivery for a static web property

A secure static hosting pattern with private S3, CloudFront origin access control, ACM certificates, and Route 53 alias records.

Outcome: Lower operational overhead, better cache behavior, and a smaller public attack surface.

Situation

A team needed a fast, low-maintenance web property with clear ownership and no backend runtime.

Approach

The site was built as static output, hosted in a private S3 bucket, and served through CloudFront with origin access control. DNS used Route 53 alias records, while ACM provided the TLS certificate required by CloudFront.

Outcome

The final platform reduced operational overhead, improved cache behavior, and kept the public attack surface small.