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Apache Guide

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Apache Guide

This is a guide on setting up Apache on an EC2 instance. Apache is one of the most widely used open-source web servers. It was developed and maintained by the Apache Software Foundation. Apache is designed to serve web pages and content over the internet.

Objective

Once set up, you will be able to view publicly the index.html webpage of your EC2 from your browser by pasting in the IPv4 Public IP address. This is found in your instance dashboard (bottom left).

  • Important Note: You must add HTTP and HTTPS inbound and outbound access to all traffic in your EC2’s security group.

Prerequisites

You must be in root and be sure to update your instance and install Apache.

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sudo su
yum update
yum install httpd -y

Alternatively, you can also add the following script to the user data section when creating the EC2 instance. This will run the bash script upon launching the instance.

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#!/bin/bash
yum update -y
yum install httpd -y
service httpd start
chkconfig httpd on
yum install amazon-efs-utils -y

Starting Apache

Start Apache and make sure it starts every time we boot up the EC2 instance.

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service httpd start
chkconfig httpd on

Create a website

  1. Go to /var/www/html, anything in this directory is publicly accessible.
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    cd /var/www/html
  2. Create an index.html with this “Hello World” HTML (replace &lt; with <).
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    &lt;html>
&lt;body>
&lt;h1>Hello World&lt;/h1>;
&lt;/body>;
&lt;/html>;

Result

Now test the result, from your browser by pasting in the IPv4 Public IP address and you should be able to view your index.html file from your browser.

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