How to initialize index.html on bucket without use of asset.zip or lambda? #25677

raunakdoesdev · 2023-05-22T19:11:47Z

raunakdoesdev
May 22, 2023

    const public_bucket = new s3.Bucket(this, `bucket`, {
      blockPublicAccess: s3.BlockPublicAccess.BLOCK_ACLS,
      accessControl: s3.BucketAccessControl.BUCKET_OWNER_FULL_CONTROL,
      removalPolicy: cdk.RemovalPolicy.DESTROY,
      websiteIndexDocument: "index.html",
    });

I have the above construction of a public bucket. I have to initialize index.html to be empty or have some dummy content otherwise the stack creation errors. I know that the recommended way to do this is the following:

    new s3deploy.BucketDeployment(this, "BucketDeployment", {
      sources: [s3deploy.Source.data("index.html", "<html></html>")],
      destinationBucket: public_bucket,
    });

However, when doing this, CDK generates additional files (asset zips) which are uploaded when the stack is run. This is kind of a dealbreaker for me since my stack is deployed via the AWS SDK for Cloudformation (not via the CDK Deploy command). I don't care at all what the contents of theindex.html file are.

Is there any way to initialize index.html without requiring separate asset zips? Would appreciate any guidance!

Answered by raunakdoesdev

May 22, 2023

Best way I found to do this was to use Cloudfront in front of the S3 Bucket.

This doesn't require an index.html document to exist
This allows you to use a custom url with HTTPS

Sometimes there are just too many ways to do something simple (host a static website) in AWS...

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raunakdoesdev · 2023-05-22T20:10:50Z

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Best way I found to do this was to use Cloudfront in front of the S3 Bucket.

This doesn't require an index.html document to exist
This allows you to use a custom url with HTTPS

Sometimes there are just too many ways to do something simple (host a static website) in AWS...

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