Static Website Deployment with Amazon S3 Bucket

Best Practices for Naming Amazon S3 Buckets

Question

You are working as a SysOps administrator for a start-up company.

You are planning to deploy a static website on the Amazon S3 bucket.

Using Amazon Route 53, you have registered domain & sub-domain names for a proposed website.

While creating the Amazon S3 buckets for this web content, which of the following is True concerning name of the S3 bucket?

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A. B. C. D.

Correct Answer: A.

While using the static website on the Amazon S3 bucket, the bucket's name should be the same as the registered domain name.

If there are any subdomains for a website, the S3 bucket name should match with that of the sub-domain.

Option B, C & D are incorrect as for both Domain & sub-domain, name of S3 bucket hosting this site should be the same as name of record created in Amazon Route 53.

For more information on creating records with Amazon Route 53 for the S3 static web site, refer to the following URLs-

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/website-hosting-custom-domain-walkthrough.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/troubleshooting-s3-bucket-website-hosting.html

When creating a static website on Amazon S3, you need to create an S3 bucket to host the website files. You also need to use Amazon Route 53 to register the domain name and sub-domain name for your website. While creating the S3 bucket, you need to decide on the name of the bucket. The question asks which of the following statements is true regarding the name of the S3 bucket for the domain and sub-domain registered in Route 53.

A. For both Domains & Sub-Domains, the name of the Amazon S3 buckets should be the same as the name of the record created in Amazon Route 53. This statement is not entirely true. While it is possible to name the S3 bucket the same as the record name created in Route 53, it is not a requirement for both the domain and sub-domain. You can name the S3 bucket anything you want as long as the DNS records in Route 53 are configured correctly to point to the S3 bucket.

B. For Domain, the name of the Amazon S3 bucket should be the same as the name of record created in Amazon Route 53. For Sub-Domain, there is no need to have the S3 bucket name the same as the name of record created in Amazon Route 53. This statement is partially true. For the domain registered in Route 53, the name of the S3 bucket should match the name of the record created in Route 53. For example, if the domain registered in Route 53 is example.com, then the name of the S3 bucket should also be example.com. However, for sub-domains registered in Route 53, the S3 bucket name does not need to match the sub-domain name. For example, if the sub-domain registered in Route 53 is sub.example.com, the name of the S3 bucket can be anything you want, such as sub.example-s3-bucket.com.

C. For Sub-Domain, the name of the Amazon S3 bucket should be the same as the name of record created in Amazon Route 53. For Domain, no need to have the S3 bucket name the same as the name of the record created in Amazon Route 53. This statement is partially true. For sub-domains registered in Route 53, the name of the S3 bucket should match the sub-domain name. For example, if the sub-domain registered in Route 53 is sub.example.com, the name of the S3 bucket should also be sub.example.com. However, for the domain registered in Route 53, the S3 bucket name does not need to match the domain name. For example, if the domain registered in Route 53 is example.com, the name of the S3 bucket can be anything you want, such as example-s3-bucket.com.

D. For both Domains & Sub-Domains, the name of the Amazon S3 buckets can be different from the name of record created in Amazon Route 53. This statement is true. The name of the S3 bucket can be anything you want as long as the DNS records in Route 53 are configured correctly to point to the S3 bucket.

In conclusion, the correct answer to the question is D. For both domains and sub-domains registered in Route 53, the name of the S3 bucket can be different from the name of the record created in Route 53.