FastSite

:rocket: Deploy your static websites in minutes! :rocket:

Combining the usage of several AWS tools, your website is up & blazing fast in minutes!

Usage

1. Installation

Install fastsite using your package manager.

For npm users

npm install -g fastsite

For yarn users

yarn global add fastsite

2. Set up AWS credentials

Using either

• 1. The AWS CLI (installation guide here). The configurator will ask for everything you need

  aws configure

• 2. The AWS Credentials file.

  ~/.aws/credentials on Linux, macOS, or Unix
  
  C:\Users\USERNAME\.aws\credentials on Windows
  
  Ensure it has the following content
  ```
  [default]
  aws_access_key_id = your_access_key_id
  aws_secret_access_key = your_secret_access_key
  ```

• 3. Environment variables

  For Linux, maxOS or unix

  export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_access_key_id
  export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret_access_key

  For Windows

  set AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=your_access_key_id
  set AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=your_secret_access_key

3. Deploy your website

In a terminal, do the following to create a new deployment or update an existing

fastsite deploy --name [PROJECT_NAME] --path [PATH_TO_STATIC_FILES]

(to see more options use fastsite deploy --help)

NOTE The first deployment takes about 15 minutes for AWS to get everything ready, don't worry!

4. Remove an existing deployment

In a terminal, do the following to remove an existing deployment

fastsite remove --name [PROJECT_NAME]

(to see more options use fastsite remove --help)

NOTE The deployment is not completely removed after the command is done, but it will be in about 20 minutes.

Author

Melker Veltman

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.