Create Your AWS Account

➜ Visit the AWS website (opens in a new tab) and search for EC2.

➜ Click on "Launch Instance" to create a new one. Check Amazon EC2 – Instance Types (opens in a new tab) for information on instance types.

➜ Give your instance a suitable name.

➜ Select "UBUNTU" as the Amazon Machine Image.

➜ In the Key-pair section, create a new key pair if you don’t have one. Save it on your local machine. This key helps you log in using an SSH client.

➜ In the Network Settings section, allow HTTPS and HTTP request traffic required for a web server.

➜ With these settings, click the "Launch Instance" button at the bottom right.

➜ Wait a few seconds for the instance to start completely and go into a running state.

Connecting to the Instance Using SSH Client

➜ Once the instance is running, click on the Instance ID. Open the page with details and click the "Connect" button.

➜ Open your SSH client on your computer (Terminal for Linux/MacOS, PuTTy for Windows).

➜ Go to the folder where your private key is stored using the command: cd <path-to-your-folder>.

➜ Give execute permission to the secret key file with: chmod 400 <privateKeyFile.pem>.

➜ Copy the command from the Example section, execute it in your terminal, and when asked to continue connecting, type "yes" and press Enter.

➜ You are now connected to your AWS instance from your local machine using an SSH client.

Install Docker & Git on the Instance

** ➜ To Instll Docker check their offcial documentation (opens in a new tab)**

➜ Update the package index using the command: sudo apt-get update.

➜ Install Docker using the command:

# Add Docker's official GPG key:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl gnupg
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
 
# Add the repository to Apt sources:
echo \
  "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

** ➜ To Instll Git run the following command:**

sudo apt-get install git

Also Create Docker docker volume create caddy_data to store caddy data

sudo docker volume create caddy_data

Clone the Repository to the Instance

➜ Locate the folder var using the command: cd /var and create the folder www with: sudo mkdir www.

➜ Go to the www folder using the command: cd www

➜ Clone the repository using the command: sudo git clone <repository-url>.

➜ Go to the cloned repository folder using the command: cd <repository-name>.

Build the Docker Image

➜ chmod +x deploy.sh to give execute permission to the deploy.sh file.

➜ ./deploy.sh to pull the latest changes from the repository and build the docker image.

You can also run sudo docker compose up -d --build to build the docker image.

If Build is successful, Check it by running sudo docker ps command. You will see the running container.

Connecting a Subdomain to Your Caddy Server in Docker

Step 1: Obtain a Domain Name

If you don't have a domain name, register one from a domain registrar like Namecheap or GoDaddy.

Step 2: Set Up DNS Records

1. Log in to your domain registrar's website.
2. Navigate to the DNS management section.
3. Add a new DNS record of type A for your subdomain, pointing to the IP address of your aws ec2 instance.

Step 3: Modify Caddyfile

1. Access the Caddy configuration file (Caddyfile) in your Docker container. This is usually located at apps/backend/Caddyfile.
2. Open the Caddyfile using a text editor.
3. Locate the section where your domain is configured. It might look like:

subdomain_name.example.com {
 reverse_proxy metaads-api:1337  {
        header_down Strict-Transport-Security max-age=31536000 ;
    }
}
 

4. Replace the subdomain name with your subdomain name.

Replace yourdomain.com with your subdomain. Save the changes.

5. Restart Container Your Docker container

sudo docker compose up -d --build

6. Test Visit your subdomain in a web browser to ensure the connection is successful. You should see the content hosted on your Caddy server.