--- title: Do You Really Need a Server to Deploy a React App on AWS? description: Discussion about "Do You Really Need a Server to Deploy a React App on AWS?" on daily.dev - join the developer community canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-really-need-a-server-to-deploy-a-react-app-on-aws--wbcpuyvze twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Do You Really Need a Server to Deploy a React App on AWS? | daily.dev og:description: Discussion about "Do You Really Need a Server to Deploy a React App on AWS?" on daily.dev - join the developer community og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-really-need-a-server-to-deploy-a-react-app-on-aws--wbcpuyvze og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wbcPuYvzE.png og:image:alt: Do You Really Need a Server to Deploy a React App on AWS? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Do You Really Need a Server to Deploy a React App on AWS? **[DevOps & Platform Engineering Hub](https://daily.dev/sources/sanjay)** · [@divyansh30](https://daily.dev/divyansh30) · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Content A React application can be deployed without managing a traditional server. A simple setup is: **React → S3 → CloudFront** Terraform can manage the AWS infrastructure, while S3 hosts the static build and CloudFront serves it globally. This is a simple example of combining **static hosting + CDN + Infrastructure as Code**. [https://www.kubeblogs.com/the-easiest-way-to-deploy-a-react-application-on-aws-with-terraform/](https://www.kubeblogs.com/the-easiest-way-to-deploy-a-react-application-on-aws-with-terraform/) **How are you deploying React applications on AWS?** #DevOps #AWS #Terraform #React #CloudFront #PlatformEngineering ### --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-really-need-a-server-to-deploy-a-react-app-on-aws--wbcpuyvze) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-really-need-a-server-to-deploy-a-react-app-on-aws--wbcpuyvze","headline":"Do You Really Need a Server to Deploy a React App on AWS?","text":"Discussion about \"Do You Really Need a Server to Deploy a React App on AWS?\" on daily.dev - join the developer community","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/do-you-really-need-a-server-to-deploy-a-react-app-on-aws--wbcpuyvze","datePublished":"2026-09-29T05:26:08.121Z","dateModified":"2026-09-29T05:26:08.121Z","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Divyansh","url":"https://daily.dev/divyansh30","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--f9lbkpFv--/f_auto/v1744873189/avatars/avatar_JMQ4qarKTe7zPurSPRrzM","description":"Aspiring engineer with an interest in AI, tech and DevOps :)","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"EndorseAction"},"userInteractionCount":1070}},"image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--WvGw5feI--/f_auto/v1790659568/posts/wbcPuYvzE?_a=BAMAMicg0","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"isPartOf":{"@type":"WebPage","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/sanjay","name":"DevOps & Platform Engineering Hub"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"DevOps & Platform Engineering Hub","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/sanjay"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Do You Really Need a Server to Deploy a React App on AWS?"}]} ```