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SAA-C03 · Question #217

A company is redesigning a static website. The company needs a solution to host the new website in the company's AWS account. The solution must be secure and scalable. Which combination of solutions…

The correct answer is A. Configure an Amazon CloudFront distribution. Set the Amazon S3 bucket as the origin. B. Associate an AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) TLS certificate to the Amazon CloudFront D. Create an Amazon S3 bucket to store the static website content. Host a new static website on AWS securely and scalably.

Submitted by daniela_cl· Mar 4, 2026Design Secure Architectures

Question

A company is redesigning a static website. The company needs a solution to host the new website in the company's AWS account. The solution must be secure and scalable. Which combination of solutions will meet these requirements? (Select THREE.)

Options

  • AConfigure an Amazon CloudFront distribution. Set the Amazon S3 bucket as the origin.
  • BAssociate an AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) TLS certificate to the Amazon CloudFront
  • CEnable static website hosting for the Amazon S3 bucket.
  • DCreate an Amazon S3 bucket to store the static website content.
  • EExport the website's SSL/TLS certificate from AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to the root of the
  • FTurn off Block Public Access for the Amazon S3 bucket.

How the community answered

(27 responses)
  • A
    81% (22)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • E
    11% (3)
  • F
    4% (1)

Why each option

Host a new static website on AWS securely and scalably.

AConfigure an Amazon CloudFront distribution. Set the Amazon S3 bucket as the origin.Correct

Configuring an Amazon CloudFront distribution with the S3 bucket as its origin provides global content delivery, caching, and edge security, significantly enhancing scalability and performance.

BAssociate an AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) TLS certificate to the Amazon CloudFrontCorrect

Associating an AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) TLS certificate with the CloudFront distribution encrypts client-CloudFront traffic (HTTPS), fulfilling the security requirement for the website.

CEnable static website hosting for the Amazon S3 bucket.

Enabling static website hosting on the S3 bucket makes it publicly accessible via an S3 website endpoint, which is less secure than using CloudFront with an Origin Access Control (OAC) or Origin Access Identity (OAI) for private bucket access.

DCreate an Amazon S3 bucket to store the static website content.Correct

Creating an Amazon S3 bucket is the foundational step for storing all static website content, offering a highly durable and scalable backend for CloudFront.

EExport the website's SSL/TLS certificate from AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to the root of the

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) certificates cannot be exported from ACM; they are directly integrated with services like CloudFront.

FTurn off Block Public Access for the Amazon S3 bucket.

Turning off Block Public Access for the S3 bucket would make its content directly public, which is a security risk; it's best practice to keep Block Public Access enabled and use CloudFront's OAC/OAI to access the bucket privately.

Concept tested: Secure scalable static website hosting, S3, CloudFront, ACM

Source: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudFront/latest/DeveloperGuide/IntroductionS3Origin.html

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