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Jeyaprasad R
Jeyaprasad R

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CA 28 - Creating a simple EC2 instance and run a webserver and access it from outside

Let’s go step by step and launch a simple web server on AWS.

Step 1: Launch an EC2 Instance
Go to the AWS Console open EC2 and click on Launch Instance.
Now configure the instance:

Step 2: Choose a Key Pair
You need a key pair to securely connect to your instance.
You can either create a new one or use an existing key pair.
Make sure to download the .pem file when creating it, because you’ll need it later to connect.

Step 3: Configure Network Settings
Allow the following ports:
SSH (port 22) for logging into the server
HTTP (port 80) so your website can be accessed from a browser

Step 4: Launch the Instance
Click on Launch Instance.
Your server will now be created and started.

Step 5: Open the terminal of ubuntu in AWS

Step 6: Open sudo nano index.html, this gives a default html file

Step 7: Type a simple html code

Step 8: Access from Your Browser
Open your browser and enter your address- http://44.205.7.223/
NOW STOPPED

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