Steps:
- Click “Launch instance”.
- Select “Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Base”.
- Select “General Purpose”- t2.micro (which is free tier eligible)[or required].
- Click “Next”.
- Leave the settings default and click “Next”.
- Click “Next”.
- Leave the default settings and Click “Next”.
- In Key type as “Name” and value as “Windows 2016 instance” (relevant).
- Click “Next”
- In Security group, create a new security group “Testing_Sec_Group”. By default AWS allows RDP (3389) [or required] for management purpose of the server.
- Click “Review and launch”.
- Click “Launch”.
- Create a new key pair and type the name of the key pair then Click “Downlod key pair”.
- Click “Launch Instance”.
- Now you have created the instance successfully.
- Click “View Instances”.
- You need to wait up to status checks is 2/2.
- Now you can able to view the public ip address as above (13.127.133.231) and LAN IP address as (172.31.19.40). Then we need to connect the instance by using RDP. [IPs will vary as per CIDR]
Note: Make sure to have details like names, tags, types, ports, permissions, etc. as per your needs and requirements.
Creating and Login to Windows Instance (by using AWS EC2)
Lab 1: Windows Instance Login PDF
Configure Webserver in Windows: Configure IIS in Windows Instance
Lab 2: Windows Webserver PDF
Configuring Apache Web server in Linux instance
Lab 3: Apache Webserver PDF