--- title: How I Deployed a Production Server on AWS EC2 as a... description: A beginner's walkthrough of deploying a production-style web server on AWS EC2, written from personal experience. Covers launching an EC2 instance (Ubuntu,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-i-deployed-a-production-server-on-aws-ec2-as-a-fresher-step-by-step-ozby14ygj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How I Deployed a Production Server on AWS EC2 as a Fresher — Step by Step | daily.dev og:description: A beginner's walkthrough of deploying a production-style web server on AWS EC2, written from personal experience. 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Covers launching an EC2 instance (Ubuntu, t2.micro free tier), connecting via SSH, installing and configuring Nginx with server blocks, setting up a basic Git-based CI/CD deploy script, and properly configuring Security Groups. Also documents common errors encountered (403 forbidden, port conflicts, SSH issues) and their fixes, along with practical security advice like restricting SSH access to your own IP. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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