My First AWS EC2 Web Server: From Launch to Hosting
A beginner-friendly walkthrough of how I launched an AWS EC2 instance, configured security group rules, installed Apache, and hosted a simple HTML webpage.
My First AWS EC2 Web Server
As part of my cloud computing and DevOps learning, I recently deployed my first web server on Amazon EC2.
1. Launching the EC2 Instance
I created an EC2 instance and selected a suitable instance type for the lab. I configured the security group to allow the required network traffic.
For SSH access, I allowed port 22 from my own IP address.
For the web server, I allowed HTTP traffic on port 80.
2. Connecting to the Instance
After launching the instance, I connected to it using SSH and started configuring the server.
3. Installing Apache
I installed the Apache HTTP server on the EC2 instance.
Once Apache was running, I created a simple
index.html file containing my webpage content.4. Testing the Web Server
After configuring Apache, I opened the EC2 instance's public IP address in a browser.
The HTML page loaded successfully, confirming that the web server was accessible over HTTP.
5. What I Learned
This hands-on lab helped me understand:
- How EC2 instances work
- Security groups and inbound rules
- SSH access
- HTTP and port 80
- Basic Linux server administration
- Hosting a webpage on a cloud VM
Conclusion
This was my first practical experience deploying a web server on AWS EC2. It gave me a better understanding of how cloud virtual machines can be configured and used to host applications and websites.
I plan to explore other AWS services such as S3, IAM, RDS, and CloudWatch as I continue learning cloud computing.
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