Amplify Hosting
AWS Amplify Hosting
AWS Amplify Hosting - managed CDN hosting for front-end web apps. Git-connected continuous deployment is one option; this lab uses that path for branch and PR preview URLs.
Amplify Hosting docs builds and hosts front-end web apps on a CDN. Git-connected continuous deployment is one option — this lab uses that path with Astro
Static site framework used for the sample app in this lab - Amplify runs npm ci and astro build, then publishes dist/.
Astro docs (npm ci → astro build → dist/).
Who owns what
Section titled “Who owns what”| Concern | Owner in this lab |
|---|---|
| Day-to-day deploy | Amplify on Git push / PR |
| Merge quality gate | GitHub Actions + branch protection (CI gate GitHub Actions checks plus branch protection - required before merge. Amplify does not wait for CI by itself; it builds on push.) |
| Creating the Amplify app | You, once, in the Console |
Docs site vs sample app
Section titled “Docs site vs sample app”Next: GitHub App vs PAT.