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Live web server
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CAREER PROJECT · Beginner · 1 weekend
AWS EC2 Web Server Deployment
Deploy and secure a Linux web server on EC2 so you understand the infrastructure behind running an application.
EC2LinuxSSHSecurity groupsNetworking
DEFINITION OF DONE
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Security-group diagram
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Deployment runbook
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Patch notes
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Cost estimate
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RESUME / PORTFOLIO FRAMING
Describe what you actually did.
Deployed and secured a Linux web server on AWS EC2 with SSH access controls, security groups and documented operations.
Use this as a starting structure, then replace it with your real implementation details, metrics and constraints. Do not claim outcomes you did not measure.
STRETCH GOALS
Go deeper if the core is already solid.
Elastic IP
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.
Nginx reverse proxy
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.
CloudWatch agent
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.