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Provision a web server on Linux instance with bootstrapping script

Step 1: Log in to the AWS management console. Find for ec2 service in the search bar provided on the page. Click on the Launch Instances.

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Step 2: After clicking on the launch instance you will be redirected to this page. Here search/select Amazon Linux 2 AMI.

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Step 3: Choose an Instance Type over here.

  • Select General purpose type t2.micro Instance Type.

  • Click on Next: Configure Instance Details at the bottom right of the screen.

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Step 4: Here you will Configure Instance Details.

  • In the Subnet field select on the drop-down list and select any one of the Subnets.

  •  In the Auto-assign Public IP field select on the drop-down list and select Enable option.

  • Click Next: Add Storage at the bottom right of the screen.

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Step 5: Continue to scroll down and under Advanced Details, paste the following script in the user data text area.

#!/bin/bash

yum -y update

yum -y install httpd

chkconfig httpd on

service httpd start

echo "<html><h1>Hello! How are You? This is your Web erver!</h1></html>" > /var/www/html/index.html

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Step 6: Add Storage

  • In this step keep all the default settings as they are and click on the

Next: Add Tags button at the bottom right of the screen.

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Step 7:  Add Tags

  • Key: Name

  • Value: Linux Server

 Click on the Next: Configure Security Group at the bottom right of the screen.

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Step 8: Configure Security Group

  • Create a new security group and name it as WEBSERVER_SG

  • In the description enter the following text: Security Groups for webservers

  • Keep the default SSH rule and add a new rule. From the drop-down list select HTTP Rule.

  • Warning: Rules with a source of 0.0.0.0/0 allow all IP addresses to access your instance. We recommend setting security group rules to allow access from known IP addresses only.

  • While using this feature for production make sure the known IP address is entered.

  • Click on Review and Launch button on the bottom right corner

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Step 9: Review Instance Launch

  • Here are all the details regarding your instance. Read them once and check if all the configurations are correct

  • Click on the Launch button at the bottom right corner. This will launch your instance.

  • After you click the launch button here you will be asked for a KEY-PAIR to download. This .pem file is necessary for the connection of our instance, download this file and keep it in a secure place.

  • Create a new .pem file and name it as LINUX_SERVER and click on Launch Instance.

  • Note: If existing Key Pair is available, acknowledge the same and launch Instance.

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Step 10: Now your instance is getting launched. scroll down the page and you will find a view instance at the bottom right of the screen.

  • Click the button to see your launched instance.

  • On the newly loaded page, you will see the instance which is deployed.

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Step 11: Check the Web Server Is Running

  • Copy the IPv4 Public IP or the DNS name. Search the IP address to check if the webserver is running

  • If the message is visible, it message means the webserver is running.

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Step 12: If you no longer need this instance make sure to terminate the instance

  • Click on the drop-down menu beside the Actions button.

  • Select the Instance State and click on Terminate.

  • This will terminate your instance.

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Parag Deshpande

27-Aug-2020

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