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Bootstrap Script In AWS

In this article, we will discuss Bootstrap script in AWS.

Purpose

The bootstrap script allows you to execute the custom script at the time of EC2 creation.

Prerequisite Knowledge

I assume that you are already aware of the launch of EC2 instances. If you are not aware or want to brush up your knowledge, you can refer to this link.

Bootstrap In Action

Here, we will install IIS (Internet Information Services) while creating the Windows instance of EC2. While creating the EC2 instance, you can add the following script for installing IIS in Advanced Details → User data.

<powershell>
Install-WindowsFeature -name Web-Server -IncludeManagementTools
New-Item -Path C:\inetpub\wwwroot\index.html -ItemType File -Value "KTExperts is a knowledge Sharing Platform" -Force
</powershell>

Picture showing adding the powershell script for installing IIS in the user data section while creating an EC2 instance

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Once the EC2 instance is created, you can log in to the virtual machine using the RDP. You can see the IIS gets installed.

Picture showing the IIS server installed on EC2 instance

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Friday, October 8, 2021

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