middleware --saves data --> c1(Cloud Bucket stores JSON file)
end
subgraph Status Page
d(Static Site on CDN) -- fetches data --> c1
end
```
Setting up a Status Page is pretty painless but there are a few things you need to do.
### Cloud account set up
To use GitLab Status Page you first need to set up your account details for your cloud provider in the operations settings page. Today, only AWS is supported.
1. Within your AWS account, create an AWS access key.
- [Update bucket contents](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page/-/blob/master/deploy/etc/s3_update_bucket_policy.json) (Remember replace `S3_BUCKET_NAME` with your bucket name).
### Status Page project
To deploy the status page to AWS S3 you need to add the Status Page project & configure the necessary CI variables.
1. Fork the [Status Page](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page) project. This can also be done via [Repository Mirroring](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/status-page#repository-mirroring) which will ensure you get the up-to-date Status Page features.
1. Add the following variables in **Settings > CI/CD > Variables**. (To get these variables from Amazon, use your Amazon Console):
-`S3_BUCKET_NAME` - name of the Amazon S3 bucket (If a bucket with the provided name doesn't exist, the first pipeline run will create one and configure it for [static website hosting](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/HostingWebsiteOnS3Setup.html))
To add comments to the Status Page Incident, create a comment on the incident issue.
When you're ready to publish the comment, add a microphone [award emoji](../../../user/award_emojis.md) reaction (`:microphone` 🎤) to the comment. This marks the comment as one which should be deployed to the Status Page.
CAUTION: **Caution:**
Anyone with access to view the Issue can add an Emoji Award to a comment, so you may want to keep your Issues limited to team members only.
### Changing the Incident status
To change the incident status from `open` to `closed`, close the incident issue within GitLab. This will then be updated shortly on the Status page website.