In today’s competitive job market, a well-crafted resume is essential, but it’s no longer just about words. Employers now seek hands-on experience with modern technology, particularly cloud computing. To help you demonstrate these skills, we introduce the Cloud Resume Challenge, a practical project series. In this article, we’ll guide you through the first part of the challenge, where you’ll build a static website hosted on Amazon S3, optimize content delivery with CloudFront, and set up a custom domain using Route53 DNS.

AWS Static website Diagram
Step 1: Setting up an S3 Bucket
- Amazon S3 is our storage solution. Go to the Amazon S3 console.
- Click “Create Bucket.”
- Give your bucket a unique name, choose a region, and use default settings.
- Click “Create” to create your S3 bucket.