Basic s3website API usage¶

Warning

As with most of our Vault guides, we’re going to assume that you already have a working s3cmd environment

If you’re not using this method of authentication, you may need to specify additional flags/options in the commands used in this article.

You can host a static website on eCloud vault using the S3website interface.

Hosting a Static Website on eCloud Vault¶

Start by creating a bucket using the domain name you wish to use such as:

s3cmd mb s3://www.example.com

Now we can mark the bucket as a website bucket:

s3cmd ws-create --ws-index=index.html s3://www.example.com

Now you can upload your website including the index page:

s3cmd put --acl-public index.html s3://www.example.com/

You can test the web page is working by viewing the website

  browser> http://www.example.com.vault-website-man-5.ecloud.co.uk

In this section we discuss the DNS settings required to point your domain to the static website bucket created above.

Using your favourite DNS provider add a CNAME to the bucket name, in our example We added the below:

www.example.com.         300     IN      CNAME   www.example.com.vault-website-man-5.ecloud.co.uk