Create a Web Server using an EC2 Instance

• Create an AWS Free Tier Account
• Launch an EC2 instance Launching an EC2 Instance
• Be sure to create the security groups
  • Create HTTP and HTTPS security Group
  • Create an SSH security group for connecting and configuration of EC2 instance

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Connect into your EC2 instance:
Goto Amazon’s EC2 connect guide as they have a great documentation on your choices of how to connect into an EC2 instance.

Install Apache Service and start the service

Configure your own HTML page

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Assuming that the HTTP & HTTPS security group has already been created, it needs to be assigned to this EC2 Instance

• Goto the AWS EC2 dashboard
• Click on Instances Running in the Resources section
• Select the EC2 Instance and then Click Actions button
• Within the drop down menu choose to expand Security
• Select Change Security Groups
• In the Associated Security Groups, click in the “Select security groups” box
  Note: I don’t understand why the User Interface (UI) shows the “Select security groups” as though it is greyed out, but there you have it, click in that box, and a drop down of available security groups will be shown
• If you followed the module Create HTTP and HTTPS security Group you should have a security group named “HTTP & HTTPS”, select the HTTPS & HTTPS security group and the box will change to the actual ID of the security group ID
• Then click Add Security Group
• Then click Save

Open a browser window and enter the URL to access the Web Server (it is the public IP address of the EC2 instance).

Note: get the public IP address from the EC2 Management console Instance details

You should see the following:

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Caution: It is a good idea to remove an EC2 instance when you are finished with the instance, so as not to incur costs for leaving an EC2 running.