Use AWS CloudFront for HTTPS and Faster Delivery of Static Websites.

To deploy your Ionic app or any static website to AWS S3 and use CloudFront. By using CloudFront, your app will benefit from faster global delivery, improved security (via HTTPS), and better overall performance.

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Follow these detailed steps:

Step 1: Prepare Your App and Upload to S3

Before setting up CloudFront, ensure your Ionic app is built and uploaded to S3.

1. Build your Ionic app for production:

ionic build --prod

2. Upload the www folder to your S3 bucket: (more detail here)

aws s3 sync ./www s3://your-bucket-name --delete

3. Enable Static Website Hosting on S3 (if not already done, click here):

• Go to S3 > your-bucket-name > Properties.
• Under Static website hosting, choose Enable and specify:
  Index document: index.html
  Error document: index.html (for single-page apps).
• This ensures that S3 will serve your index.html for all routes.

Step 2: Set Up CloudFront for CDN