This is a serverless website, hosted on CloudFront and an S3 Bucket.
What does that mean?
In simple terms this is a basic website that does not require additional server-side processing such as php. CloudFront caches (creates a copy of) the site from the S3 Bucket (a cloud based storage system) and distributes it globally. Both of these services are provided by AWS (Amazon Web Services).
The dynamic content is provided by Javascript and CSS. This is a common implementation across many websites and applications that has the added bonus of pushing the processing requirement onto the client-side.
Pros and Cons
Pro: Going serverless for your website hosting needs could save you money over traditional hosting. You will not be liable for the costs of upgrading the physical hardware on which your website resides.
Con: Popular content management systems such as WordPress rely on PHP as part of their core functionality. This is also true of many e-commerce systems. Those systems will not work in a serverless environment and would require hosting on EC2.
Pro: You can take the static parts of your existing website and host them on a serverless environment. Your users will then load the content locally, speeding up the response time of your site and reducing your bandwidth requirements.
Where does KHW Cloud Services fit in?
We offer 3 levels of service:
- Fully managed: a bespoke and managed website, including content & service updates
- Service managed: provides additional assistance over Tech Support, including API Gateway, Lamda, RDS etc
- Tech support: provides assistance with setting up your serverless environment, including S3, CloudFront and Route 53
For more information about the services available and for pricing please contact us.