Create an EC2 instance via the AWS Console or with the following CLI command:
aws ec2 run-instances \
--image-id ami-0274e11dced17bb5b \
--count 1 \
--instance-type t2.micro \
--key-name my_key \
--security-group-ids sg-0d7ed0aa18a3dba3f
You should use your own ID for the --security-group-ids flag and ensure it includes a inbound rule to allow connections through port 80. Instructions for this can be found in step 6 here.
Connect to the instance: ssh -i ~/.ssh/my_key.pem ec2-user@18.130.136.192
Update packages: sudo yum update -y
Install Docker: sudo amazon-linux-extras install docker -y
Start Docker: sudo service docker start
Try running docker ps. You should see an error. To allow the ec2-user username to execute Docker commands without using sudo, run: sudo usermod -a -G docker ec2-user
exit out of the EC2 instance and ssh back in. Try running docker ps again.
Pull the Apache HTTP server image: docker pull httpd
Start the web server: docker run -d -p 80:80 httpd
Then go to a browser and enter the public IP address. You should see a header saying It works!.
To edit this page, log into the Docker container: docker exec -it cedb8a298984 bash. The container ID can be found using docker ps.
Go to the /usr/local/apache2/htdocs/ directory where you can edit the index.html file.