Host a simple Website using Nginx

Hi Guys,

I worked on a simple website and hosted it on EC2 and served using Nginx.
The website wasn’t designed or deployed by me, I just used it to practice and update my skills on Linux and Nginx.

Here are the steps I followed:

✅ Create and launch an EC2 Instance

Used Ubuntu OS

Make sure you allow ports 22 (SSH) and 80 (http)

✅Install Nginx

Sudo apt install nginx -y

Nginx -v

✅Downloaded the websites zipped file from a github repo (https://github.com/pravinmishraaws/Pravin-Mishra-Portfolio-Template)

wget https://github.com/pravinmishraaws/Pravin-Mishra-Portfolio-Template

Then I unzipped the downloaded zip file

First install zip:

sudo apt install zip

Now unzip the file:

unzip file.zip

✅Deploy Website Files to Nginx Web Directory

Copied all uzipped files to nginx web directory which is at /var/www/html

Then I made some modification to the index.html file

✅Verify the Deployment

Ensure Nginx is correctly serving the website:

curl your-public-ip

✅Access the Website using the servers Public IP

http://your-public-ip

✅Now the Website is deployed on an Ubuntu VM with Nginx, accessible from a public IP.

Live Link (Available for 12hours): http://samplewebsite.cloudworks.com.ng/

or http://52.201.61.175/

I hope this was insightful

Till next time, always stay positive 👍