Free AWS EC2 Ubuntu Instance Website setup

Amazon Web Service is a cloud platform which given us to create free hosting in both platform like Windows and Linux.



Here we are working on Ubuntu setup. Where we will install Apache2, PHP and MySQL.

1. First you have to create new account in AWS. If you have existing account then no need to create.
2. After login you have to select EC2 option then you enter EC2 Dashboard.
3. Click Launch Instance
4. Select Free tier Eligible Ubuntu option.
5. Add New Volume EBS.
6. Add New Tag.
7. Add Security Group.

  Type : SSH
  Protocol: TCP
  Port : 22
  Source : Anywhere 

 Type : HTTP
  Protocol : TCP
  Port : 80
  Source : Anywhere

8. Review and Launch
9. Create a New Pair Key. Download Key.
10. Using Puttygen.exe software create public and private key.
11. Login SSH using putty.exe

Now we are ready to install Apache2, PHP, MySQL.

Command 1 ( Update Ubuntu server )

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Command 2 ( Install apache2 server )

sudo apt-get install apache2

Command 3

sudo a2enmod rewrite

Command 4 ( Install php available version )

sudo apt-get install php

Sometime php7 not executing on Apache server. For that you need to just run following command

sudo apt install php libapache2-mod-php

Command 5 ( Start apache2 server )

sudo service apache2 restart

Command 6 ( Install MySQL server )

sudo apt-get install mysql-server

Command 7 ( Install PHPMyAdmin )

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin
vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Add the following to the bottom of the file:

# phpMyAdmin Configuration
Include /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf

And, restart Apache 2 with the following command:

service apache2 restart