🚀 AWS EC2 Web Deployment using Nginx

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📌 Project Overview

This project demonstrates deploying a static website on a cloud server using AWS EC2 and Nginx.

It includes launching a virtual machine, configuring network access, connecting via SSH, and hosting a website using a Linux-based web server.

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🏗️ Architecture

User → EC2 Instance → Nginx → Website

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⚙️ Implementation Steps

🔹 Step 1: Launch EC2 Instance

• Created an EC2 instance (Ubuntu)
• Configured key pair for secure access

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🔹 Step 2: Configure Security Group

• Allowed inbound traffic:
  • SSH (Port 22)
  • HTTP (Port 80)

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🔹 Step 3: Connect via SSH

• Connected to EC2 instance using SSH
• Accessed Linux terminal remotely

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🔹 Step 4: Install & Run Nginx

• Installed Nginx web server
• Started and enabled service

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🔹 Step 5: Deploy Website

• Uploaded custom HTML website
• Hosted via EC2 public IP

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🌐 Final Result

✅ Website successfully deployed on AWS EC2
✅ Accessible via public IP
✅ Nginx configured and running

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• AWS EC2
• Ubuntu Linux
• Nginx
• HTML, CSS

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📚 Learning Outcomes

• Cloud server deployment using EC2
• Security group and networking configuration
• SSH-based remote access
• Nginx installation and management
• Hosting a real web application

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🚀 Future Improvements

• Add domain using Route 53
• Enable HTTPS (SSL)
• Integrate CloudFront CDN
• Automate deployment

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👨‍💻 Author

Swaraj Sutradhar