CloudFront Setup

Setting up CloudFront with S3 for static sites - lessons learned.

The Challenge

Deploying a Hugo site to S3 + CloudFront isn’t as straightforward as it should be. Here’s what actually works.

Required Components

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# S3 bucket (regular, not website endpoint)
aws s3 mb s3://packethound.io

# CloudFront distribution with OAC
# Origin Access Control (not the legacy OAI)

The Missing Pieces

Default Root Object

Set to index.html - only works for root URL though.

About

whoami

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$ cat /etc/packethound

Cloud engineer exploring AWS, Kubernetes, and distributed systems. This terminal serves as my learning lab and knowledge dump.

system_info

• focus: cloud-native architectures
• tools: aws-cli, kubectl, terraform, docker
• interests: serverless, containers, infrastructure-as-code
• status: always learning

current_projects

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$ ls -la ~/projects/

• EKS cluster automation
• Serverless data pipelines
• Multi-region deployments
• Cost optimization experiments

contact

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$ echo "reach out via the usual channels"

This site documents my journey through cloud technologies. All experiments, failures, and victories included.

Hello Cloud

Welcome to the terminal! This is where we’ll explore cloud technologies, one command at a time.

What’s This About?

This lab site is dedicated to:

• AWS services and architectures
• Kubernetes orchestration
• Cloud-native development patterns
• Infrastructure as Code

Sample Code Block

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# Deploy a simple app to EKS
kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml
kubectl get pods -w

Learning Path

1. Fundamentals: EC2, S3, VPC basics
2. Containers: ECS, EKS, Fargate
3. Serverless: Lambda, API Gateway, EventBridge
4. Infrastructure: CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform

Ready to dive in? Let’s start hacking the cloud!

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