With the recent and ongoing DDOS attacks against Github, many sites hosted as Github Pages have been scrambling to find alternative hosting. I began writing this tutorial long before the attacks but the configuration you find here is exactly what you need to serve static content from multiple providers like Github Pages, Divshot, Amazon S3, etc.
In my previous article, I introduced the major components of Cedexis and how they fit together to build great multi-provider solutions. If you haven’t read it, I suggest taking a quick look to get familiar with the concepts.
In this article, I’ll show you, step-by-step, how to build a robust multi-provider, multi-platform website using the following Cedexis components: