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DEPLOYING A

WEB SERVER
ON AWS EC2
Nandhakumar P
HANDS-ON LAB EXERCISE 01
Business Scenario

Company: TechStart Solutions

Requirement:

The development team needs a quick-deploy web server environment for testing their
latest web application. They need a solution that can be easily replicated across
different environments and teams

Lab Overview

Launch an Amazon EC2 instance


Configure security groups for web traffic
Connect to the instance using EC2 Instance Connect
Install and configure Apache web server
Verify the web application deployment
DEPLOYING A WEB SERVER ON AWS EC2
Access AWS Management Console

Navigate to https://console.aws.amazon.com
Sign in with your AWS credentials
Select your desired AWS region (e.g., us-east-1)

Navigate to EC2 Dashboard

Click on "Services" at the top


Select "EC2" under Compute section
Click "Launch Instance" button
DEPLOYING A WEB SERVER ON AWS EC2
Configure Instance Details

Name: webserver-dev
Application and OS Images:
Select "Amazon Linux 2023"
AMI: Amazon Linux 2023 AMI (HVM)
Architecture: 64-bit (x86)

Instance Type Selection

Choose "t2.micro" (Free tier eligible)


This is suitable for development/testing web servers
DEPLOYING A WEB SERVER ON AWS EC2
Key Pair Configuration

Select "Create new key pair"


Name: webserver-key
Key pair type: RSA
Format: .pem
Click "Create key pair"
The key will automatically download - store it securely

Network Settings

VPC: Default VPC


Auto-assign Public IP: Enable
Create security group with following rules:
Name: webserver-sg
Description: Security group for web server
Inbound Rules:
HTTP (Port 80) from Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0)
SSH (Port 22) from Anywhere (0.0.0.0/0) [Note: In production, restrict to specific IPs]
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Configure Storage

volume Size: 8 GB gp3


Delete on Termination: Yes

Launch Instance

Review all configurations


Click "Launch Instance"
Wait for instance to reach "Running" state (2-3 minutes)
DEPLOYING A WEB SERVER ON AWS EC2
Access Instance Connect

Select your instance from EC2 dashboard


Click "Connect" button
Choose "EC2 Instance Connect" tab
Click "Connect"

Verify Connection

# Check system status by executing command in CLI


whoami
pwd
DEPLOYING A WEB SERVER ON AWS EC2
Installing and Configuring Web Server (Execute this commands in WEB CLI)

Update System Packages


sudo yum update -y

Install Apache Web Server


sudo yum install -y httpd

Start and Enable Apache Service


sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd

Verify Apache Status


sudo systemctl status httpd

Create Sample Web Page


sudo bash -c 'echo "<html><body><h1>Welcome to TechStart Solutions Development
Server</h1><p>Server successfully deployed!</p></body></html>" >
/var/www/html/index.html'
DEPLOYING A WEB SERVER ON AWS EC2
Testing the Web Server

Get Public IP

Return to EC2 Console


Select your instance
Copy the Public IPv4 address

Access Web Server

Open a new browser tab


Paste the Public IPv4 address
You should see the welcome message
DEPLOYING A WEB SERVER ON AWS EC2
Verification Checklist

□ Instance is running
□ Security group has HTTP and SSH rules
□ Can connect via Instance Connect
□ Apache service is running
□ Web page is accessible via public IP

Clean Up Instructions to avoid unnecessary charges:

Select the instance


Click "Instance state"
Choose "Terminate instance"
Confirm termination
THANK YOU

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