A static website, served securely from AWS.

This site is my CSCE 412 cloud project. It is hosted in a private Amazon S3 bucket, delivered worldwide through CloudFront, and served only over HTTPS on my own domain.

See how it works

What happens when you load this page

1. Route 53Looks up csce412fikretisik.me and points you to CloudFront.
2. CloudFrontAccepts the HTTPS connection using an ACM certificate.
3. Origin Access ControlCloudFront signs its request so the bucket knows it is allowed.
4. Amazon S3Returns the file from a bucket the public cannot reach directly.