url_shortener_sample

This repository contains all the code examples from the contents as bellow: Build a Serverless, Private URL Shortener

Demo

Table of Contents

• Technologies Used
• How to setup
• Notes
• Sources

Technologies Used

The followings are used by AWS CloudFormation

• AWS Lambda
• S3 bucket
• API Gateway
• CloudFront

How to setup

• git clone https://github.com/gkzz/url_shortener_sample.git
• Login AWS console, and select CloudFormation
• Press "Create stack" button

• Change AWS region to that of the appropriate

• Upload /url_shortener_sample/rl_shortener.yml

• Enter the following parameters:
  • Stack name: "URLShortener"
  • S3BucketName: ${YOUR_UNIQUE_NAME}
  • URLExpiration: 7

• Press the check button of "I acknowledge that AWS CloudFormation might create IAM resources"

• Status is "CREATE_COMPLETE" on Events page (It takes 20 to 30 mins to complete it)

• Congratulations on the launch of your URL Shortener! (ConnectURL is that of your service)

Optional

• Enter a monitoring time parameter (e.g. 7)

How to check if your S3BucketName is unique, or not

• Select S3 bucket
• Enter your S3BucketName

• If it is not unique, this following error message is displayed: "Bucket name must not end with dash or period"

Notes

being prepared.

Sources

Build a Serverless, Private URL Shortener