Creating the S3 bucket

1. Log into AWS at https://aws.it.umich.edu
2. Go to S3 and click on Create bucket
3. Name your bucket as <INSERT_NAME_HERE>.michigandaily.com
4. The AWS region should be US East (Ohio) us-east-2
5. Under the “Block Public Access settings for this bucket” section, uncheck “Block all public access”
6. A warning will appear underneath. Check the box that asks for your acknowledgement
7. Click “Create bucket”
8. Click into <INSERT_NAME_HERE>.michigandaily.com and click on the “Permissions” tab
9. Click on the “Edit” button in the “Bucket policy” section
10. Paste the following into the “Policy” box:

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Sid": "PublicReadGetObject",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Principal": "*",
            "Action": "s3:GetObject",
            "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::<INSERT_NAME_HERE>.michigandaily.com/*"
        }
    ]
}

11. Click on the “Save changes” button

1. Note that “Permissions overview” will now say the S3 bucket has public access.

12. Click on the “Properties” tab
13. Click on the “Edit” button in the “Static website hosting” section
14. Click on the “Enable” radio button
15. Type index.html in the “Index document” field
16. Type index.html in the “Error document” field

1. This will redirect any routes that error out to index.html
2. You may want to redirect to another page depending on the nature of the website

17. Go to the “Objects” tab and upload your production-ready build files

Creating the CloudFront distribution

18. Go to CloudFront and click the “Create distribution” button
19. In the “Origin domain” field, type <INSERT_NAME_HERE>.michigandaily.com.s3-website.us-east-2.amazonaws.com
20. In the “Default cache behavior” section, select “Redirect HTTP to HTTPS” for the “Viewer protocol policy” option
21. In the “Settings” section, select “Use only North America and Europe” for the “Price class” option
22. Click the “Add item” button under the “Alternate domain name (CNAME)” option. Type <INSERT_NAME_HERE>.michigandaily.com
23. Choose the *.michigandaily.com ACM certificate for the “Custom SSL certificate” option
24. Type index.html for the “Default root object” field
25. Click the “Create distribution” button

1. Wait for the distribution to deploy. This may take several minutes.

26. Make note of the “Distribution domain name”

Creating a new domain record with Route 53

27. Go to Route 53 and click on “Hosted zones” underneath “DNS management”
28. Click on the michigandaily.com zone
29. Click the “Create record” button
30. Type <INSERT_NAME_HERE> in the “Record name” field
31. Turn on the “Alias” switch next to the “Value” field
32. In the dropdown, pick the “Alias to CloudFront distribution” option
33. Type the “Distribution domain name” that we made a note of from CloudFront
34. Click the “Create records” button

Go to <INSERT_NAME_HERE>.michigandaily.com and verify that your static site is working.