Hosting Static Websites on Apache2 AWS EC2

1. Have a Static Webiste

2. Get an ec2 instance and make sure that http, https and ssh are open in the security group for outbound traffic. SSH will be used to connect to the ec2 instance, http/https to view the site.

3. Connect to the instance and upload your static site.

4. Update the system and install apache2 onto the instance.

5. Check if apache is working by checking if not reboot.

    systemctl status apache2
    systemctl reboot apache2

1. Go to your aws public ip address to see if apache is operational.

2. Delete the index.html on /var/www/html and put your static fil into the folder. – All done, Your sit should be operatinal, if it is not working try restarting apache.