Step 1: Create an S3 Bucket

1. In the AWS Console, navigate to S3 from the services menu
2. Click Create bucket
3. For Bucket name, enter a unique name (e.g., "my-website-lab-[YOUR-NAME]")
4. For Region, select US West (Oregon) us-west-2
5. Under Block Public Access settings, uncheck "Block all public access"
6. Acknowledge the warning about making the bucket public
7. Keep all other settings at their defaults
8. Click Create bucket

Step 2: Configure Bucket Policy

1. Go to the Permissions tab
2. Under Bucket policy, click Edit
3. Copy and paste the following policy (replace YOUR-BUCKET-NAME with your actual bucket name):
   { "Version": "2012-10-17", "Statement": [ { "Sid": "PublicReadGetObject", "Effect": "Allow", "Principal": "*", "Action": "s3:GetObject", "Resource": "arn:aws:s3:::YOUR-BUCKET-NAME/*" } ] }
4. Click Save changes

Step 3: Enable Static Website Hosting

1. Click on your newly created bucket
2. Go to the Properties tab
3. Scroll down to Static website hosting
4. Click Edit
5. Select Enable
6. For Index document, enter "index.html"
7. Click Save changes

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