Prerequisites:
- An AWS account
- Basic knowledge of AWS services
- A provisioned Windows EC2 instance
Step-by-Step Guide:
Step 1: Launching a Windows EC2 Instance
- Click the “Launch Instance” button.
- Select a “Windows Server” AMI based on your requirements.
- In the instance type, set as “t2.micro” as a free tier eligible.
Step 2: Choose an existing key pair or create a new key pair.
- If you already have an EC2 “key pair“, select it.
- If not, create a “new key pair“. You’ll use this key pair to securely connect to
your Windows EC2 instance. - “Save the file” on your local device. Make sure it is safe.
Step 3: Configure the Security Group and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC):
- Automatically “assigned public IP” should be “enabled”.
- Create a “new security group” or select an “existing one”.
- Define rules to allow HTTP (port 80), RDP (port 3389), and HTTPS (port 443)
traffic for a web server. - Click “Launch” to proceed.
Step 4: Connect your EC2 instance
- In the RDP Client Tab, click on “Download Remote Desktop File” on your local machine.
- Click on “Get Password” and “Upload the Private Key“.
- Click on “Decrypt Password“, then copy your decrypted password.
- Open the RDP file and “paste” your copied decrypted password.
- You are successfully connected to your Windows EC2 instance.
Step 5: Windows Instance
- Navigate to the search bar for “Server Manager” and double-click to open.
- On the dashboard, on the left panel, click on “Add Roles and Features.”
- Click on “next” following Server Roles.
- Click on the “web server (IIS)” and click on “Add feature.”
- Finally, click on “Install.”
Step 6: Make a webpage file
- Navigate to “Local Drive (C:)” –> “inetpub” –> “wwwroot”. Delete all the files.
- Create a new text document and write, “This is my first static webpage.”
- Save it as “index.html“.
Step 7: Testing Your Static Website
- Copy the “public IPv4 address” and paste it into a new tab in your browser.
- The static webpage has been loaded successfully and can see, “This is my first static webpage.”
Congratulations! You’ve successfully launched a Windows EC2 instance on AWS. You can now customize and use it for various purposes, including hosting a static webpage.
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