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Lab 10 — AWS EC2 (Windows)

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Objectives
  • Create a Windows EC2 environment
  • Access EC2 environments from Remote Desktop
  • Install a web server and host a site
Lab Details
  1. Create a free-tier eligible Windows Server instance. Be careful to choose the Windows image that is free-tier eligible to avoid incurring charges.
  2. Using Remote Desktop, connect to your EC2 instance.

    Take a screenshot of the EC2 instance after connecting.

  3. Install IIS.
  4. Create an .html file and put it in your web server root directory. Include your name inside an <h1> tag. Other than your name, there are no specific requirements for the file.
  5. Open your EC2 instance firewall to allow HTTP (port 80) traffic.
  6. Access your site through a browser.

    Take a screenshot of your rendered page including the address bar to verify the file is running through your EC2 instance.

What did I learn?
  • Create an AWS EC2 instance
  • Connect to EC2 using Remote Desktop
  • Install and configure a web server