Static Website Templates

About these templates

What is a static website?

A static website is a site whose pages are pre-built HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files served directly from object storage and a CDN, without a server-side runtime. Static sites are typically generated by a framework such as Next.js, Hugo, Gatsby, or Jekyll and deployed as a folder of files.

Where should I host a static website on each cloud?

Each major cloud provides an object-storage + CDN combination well suited for static-site hosting:

• AWS: an Amazon S3 bucket for the files and an Amazon CloudFront distribution for HTTPS, caching, and global delivery.
• Azure: an Azure Blob Storage account configured for static-website hosting and an Azure CDN endpoint.
• Google Cloud: a Cloud Storage bucket fronted by Cloud CDN.

How do I deploy a static website with Pulumi?

Use one of the Static Website templates above to scaffold a Pulumi project that provisions storage, a CDN, and any supporting access controls (such as Origin Access Control on AWS). Each template ships with placeholder HTML so the project deploys end to end with pulumi new followed by pulumi up. You can replace the placeholder content with your own build output by setting the path configuration value.

Can I add a custom domain to a static website deployed with Pulumi?

Yes. The AWS Static Website template walks through provisioning an ACM certificate and a Route 53 alias record for the CloudFront distribution. The same pattern applies to Azure and Google Cloud using the corresponding DNS providers.