Redirect To A Github Repo From A Top Level Domain

usecase

The aim of this how-to-guide🏁 is to show redirection from a TLD into a GH repo.

• In S3, create an empty bucket example.com
• NOTE: it has be identical to the domain name you want to use
• In Properties -> Static Website Hosting → set Redirect all requests to → github.com/example/example
• Test if it works just by clicking on the bucket endpoint
• Open Route53 → Create Hosted Zone → enter example.com into Domain Name → finalize registration
• RULE: Domain Name has to be identical to the S3 bucket name
• Create an A record example.com
• Enable alias, and set alias target to the example.com bucket