AWS EC2 Complete Guide: Launch Your First Server

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is the most popular AWS service. In this beginner-friendly guide, you will learn:

🔥 Step 1: Launch EC2 Instance
- Choose Amazon Linux 2 AMI
- Select t2.micro (Free Tier)
- Configure security group (SSH, HTTP)
- Create/download key pair

🔥 Step 2: Connect to EC2
ssh -i your-key.pem ec2-user@your-instance-ip

🔥 Step 3: Install Web Server
sudo yum update -y
sudo yum install httpd -y
sudo systemctl start httpd

🔥 Step 4: Deploy Website
echo "<h1>Hello from AWS EC2!</h1>" | sudo tee /var/www/html/index.html

Your website is now live! Perfect for beginners starting their cloud journey.