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Deploy a web server using EC2

Deploy a web server using EC2

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Deploy a web server using EC2

- [Instructor] In this demo, we will deploy a Linux web server using the previously discussed template. In this case, we will be creating a EC2 instance. So to follow along, you must create a SSH key pair in the EC2 console. Once you have a key pair you can access, go to the cloud formation console. Just like the previous demo, we will upload a new template. I will name this stack demo as well. Now we have three parameters. We can choose the instance type. Remember how we were expecting it to be a dropdown, so it is. I'm going to leave it as a M3 medium. Under the key name, I have one key name already created so I will select that. And then for SSH location, I will just leave it all open for now as this is a website and just going to be up for a few minutes. Click next. I will leave everything as default and click next. You can now check the options. And then click create stack. While the stack is…

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