> This has been a real timesaver as dealing with S3 static sites was just a pain.

Excuse my ignorance but what's the issue with S3 static sites? I have a couple I was going to put up shortly and was planning on using S3.

Mainly this:

  * the login to aws.
  * Then creating S3 keys with the right security settings.
  * Then tweaking the settings to serve pages
  * Then setting up SSL with letsencrypt (I have not looked it up, but I'm pretty sure it is possible)
  * Then configuring CORS if you need it (again, possible with S3)

In the end it just came down to workflow. I never really enjoyed working with AWS on command-line or automation. I much prefer the push-to-deploy workflow pioneered by Heroku and adapted/cloned with Dokku.

Just a note on your point about S3 and Letsencrypt: AWS has their own tool for free provisioning of TLS certificates, which is all integrated in a very nice way if you put your S3 bucket behind Cloudfront (which is a good idea). Search the console for the AWS Certificate Manager.

Right this is what I was planning on using. I may still give it a shot, not entirely sure. For static sites I just want something quick and cheap.

Cool, that's a good idea! The granular nginx control definitely sounds nice.