For deploying static websites with the serverless framework do the following:

1. Set up your AWS credentials on your VM
2. Verify your E-Mail in AWS SES. This will be the sender!
3. If not installed, then install serverless framework:
npm install -g serverless
4. Create the service in a new folder:
serverless create -u https://github.com/albertschwarzkopf/serverless-static-website-with-contact-form -n serverless-static-website-with-contact-form
5. Go in the new directory.
6. Install the S3 sync plugin:
serverless plugin install -n serverless-s3-sync
7. Install the Script Plugin
npm install --save serverless-plugin-scripts
8. Change the service name in serverless.yml if you want.
9. Overwrite your static files and folders into the static directory.
10. Deploy your Stack and put you Email-adress here. This will be used as Sender in SES:
serverless deploy --email youremail@example.de -v --region eu-west-1

Hints:

• Take a short name without uppercase characters for service, because it ist used by default for Bucket-Name and IAM-Role.
• If you want to save the sent messages in DynamoDB when you can activate this feautre in serverless.yml