Configure AWS

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AWS Configuration - S3 Buckets

GitHub Actions is cloud agnostic, so any cloud will work. We'll show how to deploy to AWS in this course.

S3 Buckets

Amazon S3 Buckets are a very flexible type of data storage -- they can be configured to work in many different types of ways. They're popular for their security, scalability, and dependability. Our S3 Bucket will store our application, both in staging and in production.

Step 5: Confirm AWS S3 configuration

⌨️ Activity: Create an S3 bucket

1. Navigate to the Amazon S3 service and click on Create bucket.
   • See Create a Bucket on AWS documentation for the most detailed instructions.
2. Name the bucket whatever you'd like, and jot the name down.
3. Select a region, and jot it down. You'll need it later. These examples use US West (Oregon), also known as us-west-2. If you'd like to choose another region, make sure to update the aws-config.yml file to match.
4. For all other options, accept the defaults.
5. Edit the .github/aws-config.yml file on this branch, or use this quick link. (We recommend opening the quick link in another tab.)
6. Change the value of s3_bucket: to match your chosen bucket name.
7. In the same file, confirm that the region: value matches your chosen region for the S3 bucket.
8. Commit your changes.

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