Redirect www to Root with Route 53 and S3

Step 1: Create an S3 Bucket for www.example.com

Go to the S3 console in AWS and create a new bucket named www.example.com. The bucket name must match the domain you want to redirect from.

Step 2: Configure the S3 Bucket for Redirection

After creating the bucket, configure it for website redirection.

• Open the bucket settings for www.example.com.
• Enable Static website hosting.
• Set it to redirect requests to example.com with HTTPS protocol.

Step 3: Configure Route 53 to Redirect www.example.com to example.com

Now, set up a Route 53 alias record to direct traffic from www.example.com to the S3 bucket.

• Open the Route 53 console in AWS and navigate to your hosted zone for example.com.
• Click on Create record.
• For Record name, enter www. This will create the subdomain www.example.com.
• Set Record type to A - IPv4 address or Alias.
• Under Route traffic to, choose Alias to S3 website endpoint.
• In the S3 bucket list, select www.example.com. This links the record to the S3 bucket configured for redirection.
• Save the record.

This configuration routes all traffic from www.example.com to the S3 bucket, which redirects it to example.com.

Step 4: Test the Redirection

Go to http://www.example.com to verify it redirects to https://example.com.