Hosting a website on an AWS EC2 instance with an nginx web server.

Nginx is a high-performance HTTP server, reverse proxy server, and an IMAP/POP3 proxy server. It is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. Here's how to install and configure Nginx on an Ubuntu system.

Prerequisites

AWS Account with EC2 Instance

Nginx installed on system

Launch an instance.

Connect to instance.

Update the package list

update your package lists to ensure you get the latest version and dependencies:

Sudo apt-get update

Install nginx.

Install Nginx using the package manager.

Sudo apt-get install nginx Start and Enable Nginx

Start and enable the Nginx service

Sudo systemctl restart nginx

Sudo systemctl enable nginx

Verify Nginx Installation

To check if Nginx is running, you can use

sudo systemctl status nginx

upload application code file.

Change application code in /var/ www/html/index.nginx-debian.html file.

Check the webpage using the public IP address of the EC2 instance.

By above these steps, you will have a fully functional Nginx server on your Ubuntu system, ready to serve static or dynamic content, act as a reverse proxy, or perform other advanced tasks.