Hosting a website on AWS EC2 instance using the nginx web server.

Nginx is a high-performance HTTP server, reverse proxy server, and an IMAP/POP3 proxy server. It is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption.

Prerequisites :

AWS Account with EC2 Instance

Here's how to install and configure Nginx on an Ubuntu system.

Step 1: launch and connect to an instance.

Step 2: First, update your package lists to ensure you get the latest version and dependencies:

Sudo apt-get update

Step 3: Install nginx.

Install Nginx using the package manager.

Sudo apt-get install nginx

Step 4: Start and Enable Nginx

Start the Nginx service

Sudo systemctl restart nginx

Sudo systemctl enable nginx

Step 5: Verify Nginx Installation

To check if Nginx is running, you can use:

sudo systemctl status nginx

upload application code file.

Change application code in /var/ www/html/index.nginx-debian.html file.

check the webpage using public ip address. (http://Public-ip )

By above these steps, you will have a fully functional Nginx server on your Ubuntu system, ready to serve static or dynamic content, act as a reverse proxy, or perform other advanced tasks.

Happy Learning…!