Create a Custom AMI in AWS

Launch an instance from a Base AWS Linux AMI:

• Login to the Management Console
• Launch EC2 instance using the AWS Linux AMI:
  • t2.micro
  • Public IP
  • Create a Security Group with SSH (TCP 22) an HTTP (TCP 80) access
  • Download a Key Pair

SSH to the instance and execute the following commands to install Apache and PHP: (Windows users see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi7ow5NGC-U for using PuTTY for SSH)

• sudo yum update -y
• sudo yum install -y httpd php
• sudo systemctl start httpd
• sudo systemctl enable httpd

Create a PHP page with the following commands:

• sudo usermod -a -G apache ec2-user
• sudo chown -R ec2-user:apache /var/www
• echo "<?php phpinfo(); ?>" > /var/www/html/phpinfo.php

To display the PHP Info page, open a web browser to: [Your EC2 Instance's Public IP]/phpinfo.php

In the EC2 Management Console, create an image from the config instance:

• Select the instance in the console
• Under the Actions menu, choose Create Image:
  • Name the Image
• Launch an instance from the new Image by going under "MyAMI's"
• Configure the new instance's details as before.
• Verify the PHP page displays in the browser as before (you can use your existing SG that you created).