Creatig an Instance EC2 and installing an IIS web server on AWS

AWS Instance EC2

An EC2 instance is a virtual server in AWS Elastic Compute Cloud. It offers scalable, customizable, pay-as-you-go resources for hosting websites, running applications, data processing, machine learning, and DevOps tasks. It’s flexible, integrates with other AWS services, and can be easily started, stopped, or scaled to meet demand.

IIS Web Server

IIS (Internet Information Services) is a web server developed by Microsoft for hosting websites, applications, and services on Windows servers. It supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SMTP, and other protocols, making it versatile for hosting web-based solutions.

Key Features:

Platform Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Windows Server and .NET applications.

Protocol Support: Handles HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, and WebSockets.

Scalability: Supports high-traffic websites and applications.

Security: Offers features like SSL/TLS, authentication, and request filtering.

Extensibility: Supports custom modules and third-party plugins.

Uses:

.Hosting websites and web applications.

.Serving static files (HTML, images, CSS, JS).

.Running ASP.NET and PHP applications.

.Providing API hosting and backend services.

.Facilitating load balancing and reverse proxy setups.

Steps to create an Instance on AWS

Step 1 On the AWS porta, search and click EC2 instance

Step 3

Give your instance a name and choose image

Step 5

On create new key pair, input name, leave other parameters as default and click create new pair

Step 7

Leave other parameters as default, then click on Launch Instance

Step 9

on the connect page, click on RDP client and Download remote desktop file

Step 12

On the cet password page click on Upload Private key file, then click on dyscript

the key pair that was download earlier