staticSite

Static sites in AWS combine S3 storage with CloudFront CDN for fast global content delivery. Stackattack creates static websites with custom domains, SSL certificates, and framework-specific routing (like Astro).

import * as saws from "@stackattack/aws";

const ctx = saws.context();
const storage = saws.bucket(ctx, { paths: ["./dist"] });
const site = saws.staticSite(ctx, {
  bucket: storage,
  domain: "example.com"
});

export const siteUrl = site.url;

Usage

After deploying a static site, you can manage it using:

AWS CLI:

# View CloudFront distribution details
aws cloudfront get-distribution --id E1234567890ABC

# Invalidate CloudFront cache after updating files
aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id E1234567890ABC --paths "/*"

# Check distribution status and configuration
aws cloudfront list-distributions --query 'DistributionList.Items[?Comment==`my-site`]'

Content Updates:

# Sync new files to S3 bucket
aws s3 sync ./dist s3://your-bucket-name --delete

# Invalidate specific files in CloudFront
aws cloudfront create-invalidation --distribution-id E1234567890ABC --paths "/index.html" "/css/*"

Custom Error Pages:

# Upload custom 404 page
aws s3 cp ./404.html s3://your-bucket-name/404.html

Framework-Specific Deployment:

// For Astro sites with proper routing
const site = saws.staticSite(ctx, {
  bucket: storage,
  domain: "example.com",
  adapter: saws.astroAdapter()
});

Related Components

Static sites work together with other Stackattack components:

• bucket - Stores website files in S3
• certificate - Provides SSL certificates for HTTPS domains

Costs

Static site costs are usage-based with significant free tiers:

• S3 storage - ~$0.023/GB/month for file storage. A typical 100MB website costs ~$0.002/month.

• CloudFront - First 1TB of data transfer out is free each month, then ~$0.085/GB. Includes:

  • Free tier: 10,000,000 HTTP requests/month
  • Free tier: 2,000,000 CloudFront Function invocations/month
  • Additional requests: ~$0.0075 per 10,000 requests

• SSL certificate - Free through ACM when used with CloudFront.

• Route53 DNS - ~$0.50/month per hosted zone + $0.40 per million queries.

• Lambda@Edge (for advanced routing) - Only if used: ~$0.60 per million requests + compute time.

Typical monthly costs:

• Small personal site (<1GB traffic): $0.50-2.00/month (mostly DNS)
• Medium business site (<10GB traffic): $2-5/month
• Large site (>50GB traffic): $5-15/month

Cost optimization strategies:

• Use CloudFront caching effectively to reduce origin requests
• Optimize images and assets to reduce storage and transfer costs
• Set up proper Cache-Control headers for static assets
• Consider using astroAdapter() for optimized caching of framework builds

See CloudFront Pricing for current rates.

staticSite

Creates a complete static site hosting solution with S3, CloudFront, and Lambda@Edge.

function staticSite(ctx: Context, args: StaticSiteArgs): { distribution: Distribution; url: Output<string> }

Parameters

• ctx (Context) - The context for resource naming and tagging
• args (StaticSiteArgs) - Configuration arguments for the static site

Returns

• ({ distribution: Distribution; url: Output<string> }) - Creates a complete static site hosting solution with S3, CloudFront, and Lambda@Edge.

Functions

astroAdapter

Creates a static site adapter configured for Astro framework conventions.

function astroAdapter(args?: AstroAdapterArgs): StaticSiteAdapter

Parameters

• args? (AstroAdapterArgs) - Optional configuration for the adapter

Returns

• (StaticSiteAdapter) - Creates a static site adapter configured for Astro framework conventions.

SPAAdapter

Static site adapter for a single-page application. This directs all requests to a single HTML page

function SPAAdapter(args?: SPAAdapterArgs): StaticSiteAdapter

Parameters

• args? (SPAAdapterArgs) -

Returns

• (StaticSiteAdapter) - Static site adapter for a single-page application. This directs all requests to a single HTML page

Interfaces

AstroAdapterArgs

Configuration arguments for the Astro static site adapter.

Properties

• cacheControlMaxAge? (number) - Max age for patterns that match staticPaths
• defaultHeaders? (Record<string, string>) - Default headers to include in every response from your CDN
• headers? ({ headers: Record<string, Input<string>>; inherit?: boolean; patterns: string[] }[]) - A list of patterns and headers to include in response for keys that match each pattern
• staticPaths? (string[]) - Custom file patterns that should receive long-term caching headers. By default, this includes “.jpg”, “.png”, “.apng”, “.avif”, “.gif”, “.webp”, “.js”, “.css”, and “*.svg”

SPAAdapterArgs

Configuration arguments for the single page application static site adapter.

Properties

• cacheControlMaxAge? (number) - Max age for patterns that match staticPaths
• defaultHeaders? (Record<string, Input<string>>) - Default headers to include in every response
• headers? ({ headers: Record<string, Input<string>>; inherit?: boolean; patterns: string[] }[]) - A list of patterns and headers to include in response for keys that match each pattern
• index? (string) - The path to the HTML file for your single page application. Defaults to “index.html”
• staticPaths? (string[]) - Custom file patterns that should receive long-term caching headers. By default, this includes “.jpg”, “.png”, “.apng”, “.avif”, “.gif”, “.webp”, “.js”, “.css”, and “*.svg”

StaticSiteAdapter

Configuration interface for static site framework adapters.

Properties

• defaultHeaders? (Record<string, Input<string>>) - Default headers to include in every response
• errorPages? ({ code: number; key: string }[]) - Mapping of HTTP error codes to custom error page paths
• getKey? ((uri: string) => string) - Function to transform URI paths to S3 object keys
• getRedirectPath? ((uri: string) => string) - Function to get redirect path for domain redirects
• headers? ({ headers: Record<string, Input<string>>; inherit?: boolean; patterns: string[] }[]) - A list of patterns and headers to include in response for keys that match each pattern
• index? (string) - The default root page of your app, for example “index.html”. This will be served at the ”/” path

StaticSiteArgs

Configuration arguments for creating a static site with CloudFront distribution.

Properties

• adapter? (StaticSiteAdapter) - Framework-specific adapter for routing and caching behavior
• bucket (Input<BucketInput>) - The S3 bucket containing the static site files
• certificate? (Input<string>) - ARN of existing SSL certificate (creates new one if not provided). Note that the certificate must be created in the us-east-1 region.
• domain (Input<string>) - The primary domain name for the static site
• headers? (Record<string, Input<string>>) - Response headers to include in every response for a file in the bucket
• logsBucket? (null | Input<BucketInput>) - S3 bucket for CloudFront access logs (creates new one if undefined, disables if null)
• logsPrefix? (Input<string>) - Prefix for CloudFront access log files
• noBucketPolicy? (boolean) - Whether to skip creating the S3 bucket policy for CloudFront access
• noPrefix? (boolean) - Whether to skip adding ‘static-site’ prefix to resource names
• redirectDomains? (Input<string>[]) - Additional domains that should redirect to the primary domain
• zoneId? (Input<string>) - Route53 hosted zone ID (auto-detected from domain if not provided)