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Object Storage Service:Static website hosting (C++ SDK)

Last Updated:Sep 21, 2026

You can configure a bucket to host a static website. After the configuration is complete, requests to the website endpoint serve content from the bucket. You are automatically redirected to the specified default homepage and the default 404 page.

Notes

  • In this topic, the public endpoint of the China (Hangzhou) region is used. If you want to access OSS from other Alibaba Cloud services in the same region as OSS, use an internal endpoint. For more information about OSS regions and endpoints, see Regions and endpoints.

  • This topic demonstrates creating an OSSClient instance with an OSS endpoint. For alternative configurations, such as using a custom domain or authenticating with credentials from Security Token Service (STS), see Create an OssClient instance.

  • To set static website hosting, you must have the oss:PutBucketWebsite permission. To retrieve the static website hosting configuration, you must have the oss:GetBucketWebsite permission. To delete the static website hosting configuration, you must have the oss:DeleteBucketWebsite permission. For more information, see Grant custom access policies to a RAM user.

Set static website hosting

The following code shows how to configure static website hosting:

#include <alibabacloud/oss/OssClient.h>
using namespace AlibabaCloud::OSS;

int main(void)
{
    /* Initialize OSS account information. */
    
    /* Set yourEndpoint to the Endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
    std::string Endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
    /* Set yourRegion to the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Region to cn-hangzhou. */
    std::string Region = "yourRegion";
    /* Specify the bucket name, for example, examplebucket. */
    std::string BucketName = "examplebucket";

    /* Initialize network resources. */
    InitializeSdk();

    ClientConfiguration conf;
    conf.signatureVersion = SignatureVersionType::V4;
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. */
    auto credentialsProvider = std::make_shared<EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider>();
    OssClient client(Endpoint, credentialsProvider, conf);
    client.SetRegion(Region);

    /* Set static website hosting. */
    SetBucketWebsiteRequest request(BucketName);
    /* Set the default homepage for static website hosting to index.html. */
    request.setIndexDocument("index.html");
    /* Set the default 404 page for static website hosting to error.html. */
    request.setErrorDocument("error.html");

    auto outcome = client.SetBucketWebsite(request);

    if (!outcome.isSuccess()) {
        /* Handle exceptions. */
        std::cout << "SetBucketWebsite fail" <<
        ",code:" << outcome.error().Code() <<
        ",message:" << outcome.error().Message() <<
        ",requestId:" << outcome.error().RequestId() << std::endl;
        return -1;
    }

    /* Release network resources. */
    ShutdownSdk();
    return 0;
}

View the static website hosting configuration

The following code shows how to view the static website hosting configuration:

#include <alibabacloud/oss/OssClient.h>
using namespace AlibabaCloud::OSS;

int main(void)
{
    /* Initialize OSS account information. */
            
    /* Set yourEndpoint to the Endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
    std::string Endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
    /* Set yourRegion to the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Region to cn-hangzhou. */
    std::string Region = "yourRegion";
    /* Specify the bucket name, for example, examplebucket. */
    std::string BucketName = "examplebucket";

    /* Initialize network resources. */
    InitializeSdk();

    ClientConfiguration conf;
    conf.signatureVersion = SignatureVersionType::V4;
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. */
    auto credentialsProvider = std::make_shared<EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider>();
    OssClient client(Endpoint, credentialsProvider, conf);
    client.SetRegion(Region);

    /* View the static website hosting configuration. */
    GetBucketWebsiteRequest request(BucketName);
    auto outcome = client.GetBucketWebsite(request);

    if (outcome.isSuccess()) {
        std::cout << "GetBucketWebsite success,IndexDocument: " << outcome.result().IndexDocument() <<
        " ,ErrorDocument: " << outcome.result().ErrorDocument() << std::endl;
    }
    else { 
        /* Handle exceptions. */
        std::cout << "GetBucketWebsite fail" <<
        ",code:" << outcome.error().Code() <<
        ",message:" << outcome.error().Message() <<
        ",requestId:" << outcome.error().RequestId() << std::endl;
        return -1;
    }

    /* Release network resources. */
    ShutdownSdk();
    return 0;
}

Delete the static website hosting configuration

The following code shows how to delete the static website hosting configuration:

#include <alibabacloud/oss/OssClient.h>
using namespace AlibabaCloud::OSS;

int main(void)
{
    /* Initialize OSS account information. */
    
    /* Set yourEndpoint to the Endpoint of the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Endpoint to https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com. */
    std::string Endpoint = "yourEndpoint";
    /* Set yourRegion to the region where the bucket is located. For example, if the bucket is in the China (Hangzhou) region, set the Region to cn-hangzhou. */
    std::string Region = "yourRegion";
    /* Specify the bucket name, for example, examplebucket. */
    std::string BucketName = "examplebucket";

    /* Initialize network resources. */
    InitializeSdk();

    ClientConfiguration conf;
    conf.signatureVersion = SignatureVersionType::V4;
    /* Obtain access credentials from environment variables. Before you run the sample code, make sure that the OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET environment variables are configured. */
    auto credentialsProvider = std::make_shared<EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider>();
    OssClient client(Endpoint, credentialsProvider, conf);
    client.SetRegion(Region);


    /* Delete the static website hosting configuration. */
    DeleteBucketWebsiteRequest request(BucketName);

    auto outcome = client.DeleteBucketWebsite(request);

    if (!outcome.isSuccess()) {
        /* Handle exceptions. */
        std::cout << "DeleteBucketWebsite fail" <<
        ",code:" << outcome.error().Code() <<
        ",message:" << outcome.error().Message() <<
        ",requestId:" << outcome.error().RequestId() << std::endl;
        return -1;
    }

    /* Release network resources. */
    ShutdownSdk();
    return 0;
}

References

  • For the complete sample code for static website hosting, see the GitHub example.

  • For more information about the API operation to configure static website hosting, see PutBucketWebsite.

  • For more information about the API operation to view the static website hosting configuration, see GetBucketWebsite.

  • For more information about the API operation to delete the static website hosting configuration, see DeleteBucketWebsite.