Step 1: Create an Amazon S3 bucket - Amazon CloudFront
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Step 1: Create an Amazon S3 bucket

An Amazon S3 bucket is a container for files (objects) or folders. CloudFront can distribute almost any type of file for you when an S3 bucket is the source. For example, CloudFront can distribute text, images, and videos. There is no maximum for the amount of data that you can store on Amazon S3.

For this tutorial, you create an S3 bucket with the provided sample hello world files that you will use to create a basic webpage.

To create a bucket

  1. Sign in to the Amazon Web Services Management Console and open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/s3/.

  2. We recommend that you use our Hello World sample for this Getting started. Download the hello world webpage: hello-world-html.zip. Unzip it and save the css folder and index file in a convenient location, such as the desktop where you are running your browser.

  3. Choose Create bucket.

  4. Enter a unique Bucket name that conforms to the General purpose buckets naming rules in the Amazon Simple Storage Service User Guide.

  5. For Region, we recommend choosing an Amazon Web Services Region that is geographically close to you. (This reduces latency and costs.)

    • Choosing a different Region works, too. You might do this to address regulatory requirements, for example.

  6. Leave all other settings at their defaults, and then choose Create bucket.