🚀 CI/CD Pipeline: Deploying a Static Website from GitHub to AWS S3

📅 January 2025 | 💻 Category: DevOps | Cloud | CI/CD

📌 Project Highlights

Configured GitHub Actions workflows to automate deployment.
Used AWS S3 for hosting a publicly accessible static website.
Followed best practices for seamless continuous delivery.
Secured the pipeline using GitHub Secrets to manage AWS credentials.

🛠️ Key Features

Automated Deployment: Code push to the main branch triggers an S3 deployment.
Static Website Hosting: The website is publicly accessible via AWS S3.
Reusable CI/CD Workflow: Structured for future deployments.

📝 Steps to Implement the CI/CD Pipeline

1️⃣ Setting Up the AWS S3 Bucket

Created an S3 bucket and enabled static website hosting.
Configured bucket policies to allow public access.

2️⃣ Configuring GitHub Actions

Wrote a GitHub Actions YAML workflow to automate deployment:

            
name: Deploy to AWS S3
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout Repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      
      - name: Configure AWS Credentials
        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
        with:
          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
          aws-region: us-east-1
      
      - name: Deploy to S3
        run: aws s3 sync ./website s3://your-bucket-name --delete
            
        

3️⃣ Managing AWS Secrets in GitHub

Stored AWS credentials securely using GitHub Secrets.

4️⃣ Successful Deployment & Testing

Once the workflow executed successfully, the website was live on AWS S3.

🌐 Future Enhancements

🔹 Integrating CloudFront for better performance and security.
🔹 Automating CloudFront cache invalidation upon deployment.
🔹 Adding monitoring with AWS CloudWatch.

📢 Conclusion & Let's Connect!

This project enhanced my skills in AWS, GitHub Actions, DevOps, and Cloud Security. If you're passionate about cloud automation and CI/CD, let's connect and discuss best practices! 🚀

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