Introduction Hosting a web application on Amazon Web Services (AWS) is straightforward when combining an EC2 virtual machine with the Apache HTTP Server. Apache is one of the world’s most reliable, open-source web servers, powering millions of websites globally. In this beginner-friendly tutorial, we will walk through launching an AWS EC2 instance, installing the Apache…
Introduction Launching an Amazon EC2 instance is a foundational task for cloud engineers and system administrators using default wizard settings without proper configuration can expose virtual machines to security vulnerabilities or unnecessary costs. In this step-by-step tutorial, we will demonstrate how to provision an Amazon Linux 2023 EC2 instance, set up SSH security rules, and…
Introduction Managing cloud costs is one of the biggest challenges in AWS. In my experience, keeping non-production EC2 instances running 24/7 is a huge waste of budget. To solve this, I built a serverless automation using AWS Lambda and EventBridge. In this guide, I will show you the exact setup and the IAM policies that…
