Cloud / Field Notes
Hosting guide

Choose a hosting layer.

A static website is a collection of files. The hosting platform changes how those files reach a visitor, who manages the capacity and which measurements are available.

Storage
Objects become pages

Explore the S3 website endpoint and object permissions.

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Edge
A deployment travels farther

Explore Cloudflare Pages and browser performance.

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Managed static hosting

The provider operates the serving infrastructure. You upload a deployment and manage its content and access settings.

Your own web server

On EC2, you also manage the operating system and web server. A load balancer and an Auto Scaling group can distribute traffic and change capacity.