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guide to create ec2 instance , ssh connection and nginx
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guide to create ec2 instance , ssh connection and nginx
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/janisadhi/ec2_instance
- Owner: janisadhi
- Created: 2024-12-27T07:28:49.000Z (21 days ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-12-27T07:33:29.000Z (21 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:28:01.726Z (21 days ago)
- Topics: aws, nginx, ssh
- Language: HTML
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- Stars: 1
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# Deploying a Static Website on AWS EC2
This project demonstrates how to set up a Linux server on AWS EC2 and deploy a simple static website. Below are the steps I followed to complete this project.
---
## Requirements
- **AWS Account**: Created and configured an AWS account.
- Logged in through the root account or IAM user.
- Created a key pair for secure SSH access.
- **Instance Specifications**:
- **AMI**: Ubuntu Server
- **Instance Type**: t3.micro (Free Tier eligible)
- **Network**: Default VPC and subnet for your region
- **Inbound Rules**: Allowed traffic on ports 22 (SSH) and 80 (HTTP)
- **Key Pair**: Created a new key pair for SSH access
- **Public IP**: Assigned a public IP address to the instance
---
## Steps Taken
### 1. Launching an EC2 Instance
- Navigated to the AWS Management Console and launched a new EC2 instance with the specified configurations.
- Configured the security group to allow:
- SSH (port 22) for remote access.
- HTTP (port 80) for web traffic.
### 2. Connecting to the Instance via SSH
- Used the private key file downloaded from AWS to connect to the instance:
```bash
ssh -i ubuntu@
```
Alternatively:
- Accessed the instance through:
```bash
ssh -i ".pem file" ubuntu@
```
- Accessed the EC2 instance console through HTTP, added my public key to the instance at `~/.ssh/authorized_keys`, and connected using:
```bash
ssh -i "id_rsa" ubuntu@
```
- Created an SSH configuration file for simplified access with an alias and connected using:
```bash
ssh
```
### 3. Updating System Packages
- Updated the instance's package list and installed necessary updates:
```bash
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
```
### 4. Installing a Web Server
- Installed Nginx as the web server:
```bash
sudo apt install nginx -y
```
- Verified that Nginx was running by visiting the public IP address in a browser.
### 5. Creating a Static Website
- Created a simple HTML file for the website:
```bash
cd /var/www/html/
sudo nano index.html
#then copy the html file to it
```
### 6. Deploying the Website
- Restarted the Nginx service to ensure the new HTML file was served:
```bash
sudo systemctl restart nginx
```
- Accessed the static website using the EC2 instance's public IP address.
---
This project is part of [Janis Adhikari's](https://roadmap.sh/projects/ec2-instance) DevOps projects.