localstack-samples/sample-terraform-fullstack-serverless-shipment-app

Deploy frontend React app as S3 static site and serve via CloudFront

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#14 opened on Oct 9, 2025

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Description

Currently, the frontend is run as a separate React app. To improve this setup and better demonstrate fullstack serverless deployment, we want the frontend to be built and deployed to an S3 bucket, served as a static site, and then distributed via CloudFront.

Requested Changes:

  • Update the sample app's infrastructure to include:
    • Building the React frontend for production.
    • Deploying the frontend build artifacts to an S3 bucket configured for static site hosting.
    • Creating a CloudFront distribution to serve the S3 static site frontend.
    • Ensure the Terraform configuration accommodates these changes and automates the deployment as part of the sample app's overall infra.
  • Update documentation to describe the new deployment flow for the frontend.

These changes will make the sample app more realistic and provide a complete serverless stack example.

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Research direction
Examine the existing Terraform configuration to add an S3 bucket for static site hosting and a CloudFront distribution; then update the documentation to describe the new frontend deployment flow.
Tech stack
reactterraformaws
Domain
frontenddevopsinfrastructure
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3
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Half day
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Clear
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70