Step-1: Navigate to EC2 Dashboard

Step-2: Launch an Instance

Step-3: Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Step-4: Select an Instance type

Step-5: Create a Key Pair

Step-6: Network Settings

Step-7: Create a Security Group

Create a new security group or select an existing one.
Add a rule to allow HTTP port (80) and RDP (3389) access.

Step-8: Configure Storage

Step-9: Review and Launch Instance

Steps to Connect Windows Server

Step-1: Go to running instance then click on connect RDP client.

Click get password
Upload your key pair file (.pem)
Click Decrypt password and that username (Administrator) and Decrypt password.

Step-2: Initiate the RDP Connection

Enter the public DNS (IPv4) or public IP in the computer field.
Click OK.

Step-3: Accept Certificate Warning

Click yes to accept the certificate warning.

Install IIS on Windows Server

Open a Server Manager.
Click on Add roles and features.
In the Add Roles and Features Wizard, select roles-based or feature-based installation.
Select your instance and click next.
On the select server roles page, check the box for web server (IIS). Add the required features when prompted.
Click next through the wizard until you reach the install button, and then click install.

Host a Simple Website on IIS

Navigate to the default IIS directory: C:\inetpub\wwwroot
Create a simple HTML file: for example, create a file named index.html with the following content.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>My Simple Website</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Hello World!</h1>
    <p>Welcome to my sample website hosted on IIS</p>
</body>
</html>

Save the index.html file in C:\inetpub\wwwroot directory.

Access your Website :) !

Open a web browser and navigate to the public IP address of your EC2 instance.
You should see your simple website displaying the content of the index.html file.

Here is my Website Output :) !

Conclusion

In this project, we successfully set up a Windows EC2 instance on AWS and hosted a simple website using Internet Information Services (IIS).

Deploying a Simple Website on IIS Using a Windows EC2 Instance.

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