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Ask HN: Best place to host a static website with SSL and CDN?

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Re: Ask HN: Best place to host a static website with SSL and CDN?

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Netlify seems like an easy choice as it does everything you ask for and is $9 a month if the free version isn't enough. It couldn't really be much easier to deploy with it (push via Git or drag and drop in the browser).

For what it's worth, you can do redirects on GitHub Pages with HTML redirects: https://help.github.com/articles/redirects-on-github-pages/

I'm with you on avoiding AWS for static sites as there are much easier options like the above.

Re: Ask HN: Best place to host a static website with SSL and CDN?

#23
post #19

A small static site on S3 with the free cloudflare plan in front will cost you ~$0.50 per month, with moderate traffic. Probably less than fifty cents, especially to start with, if your traffic is low. They support all the requested features. Yes, hosting this on S3, with either cloudfront or cloudflare, does take some (one time) setup. The payoff is that you don't have to rent and deal with a server and ongoing cost…

+1, very cost effective

Re: Ask HN: Best place to host a static website with SSL and CDN?

#24
No CDN or 301, but our service [1] offers file hosting, custom domains, https via Lets Encrypt certs. We also offer API creation with what we call "API Queries" (SQL queries executed via POST requests). You can post forms with captcha. We built our service to be very simple to use, just upload your html, css, javascript, and assets.

Just curious about the 301 requirement, what is your use case for this? Ie wondering if this is something we should consider supporting.

[1] https://www.lite-engine.com

Re: Ask HN: Best place to host a static website with SSL and CDN?

#25
post #6

At https://www.sunsed.com we are working on a solution exactly as you described! Not ready yet! I just want to see what you think about it in your case. In version 3 (currently under development) you'll have a server.htmlpp to custom route your traffic and a file manager to treat your website content as static files. You'll be able to import/export from any static website generators. Also edit online and use a comman…

Why is this being down voted? If user can't promote their service in a thread asking for options the service directly addresses, what good is this site? In fact, this is accepted:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12559012

Re: Ask HN: Best place to host a static website with SSL and CDN?

#26
There are cheap and best web hosting plans available in your budget and requirement here: http://b2evolution.net/web-hosting/budget-web-hosting-low-co... and you can install SSL certificate to secure your domain at cheapest price here: https://www.cheapsslshop.com/comodo-positive-ssl, which will cost you $4.95 per year.

Re: Ask HN: Best place to host a static website with SSL and CDN?

#28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GitHub Pages already have a CDN, so why add cloudflare? And as mentioned in my post, Github doesn't let you have some kind of htaccess, so no 301 redirect are possible. And I need that feature.

Cloudflare allows you to perform redirects. https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200172286-H...

And cloudflare let's you add free SSL/https to your custom domain.

Github pages supports auto-redirect between www and apex domains (redirecting from whichever you make the primary approach from the other) does that cover your 301 needs or are you needing it more broadly than that?

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