After enabling static website hosting on an S3 bucket, users receive 'Access Denied' errors when trying to access the site. What is the most probable misconfiguration?

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AWS - S3 Fundamentals

AThe bucket lifecycle policy is deleting objects too quickly

BThe bucket versioning is not enabled

CThe bucket policy does not allow public read access to the objects

DThe bucket encryption settings are misconfigured

Step-by-Step Solution

Solution:

Step 1: Check Bucket Policy
Verify if the bucket policy grants public read permissions (s3:GetObject) to everyone.
Step 2: Confirm Public Access Settings
Ensure that the bucket's public access settings do not block public reads.
Final Answer:
The bucket policy lacks public read permissions -> Option C
Quick Check:
Access Denied usually means missing public read access [OK]

Quick Trick: Access Denied means no public read permission [OK]

Common Mistakes:

MISTAKES

Assuming versioning affects website access
Confusing encryption with access permissions
Ignoring bucket policy and relying only on ACLs

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After enabling static website hosting on an S3 bucket, users receive 'Access Denied' errors when trying to access the site. What is the most probable misconfiguration?

Step 1: Check Bucket Policy

Step 2: Confirm Public Access Settings

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