Static website with AWS CDK + Python

Sample project deploying a static website on AWS using Amazon S3 as the file repository and Amazon CloudFront as the CDN. The site content explains the services involved and is served from the public folder.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9 or newer.
• Node.js 16+ and AWS CDK Toolkit (npm install -g aws-cdk).
• AWS CLI configured with credentials that can create S3, Cloudfront, and CloudFormation resources.
• Internet access to install Python packages.

Install Dependencies

python3 -m venv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

Deploy

# First time only per account/region
cdk bootstrap aws://<ACCOUNT_ID>/<REGION>

# Review CloudFormation template
cdk synth

# Deploy
cdk deploy

Publish website

aws s3 sync ./public/ s3://$(cdk output StaticSiteStack.BucketName)

Cleaning Up

cdk destroy