Docker + nginx · AWS EC2

Containerized web server deployed on a live AWS EC2 instance using Docker and nginx — configured and maintained entirely from scratch.

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📌 Overview

Real-world infrastructure project built to practice DevOps fundamentals. A static website served through nginx inside a Docker container, running on a live AWS EC2 instance with persistent storage and custom networking.

No tutorials followed step-by-step — built by doing, breaking, and fixing.

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🛠 Stack

Layer	Technology
☁️ Cloud	AWS EC2 — t3.micro, Amazon Linux 2023
🐳 Container	Docker, Docker Compose
🌐 Web Server	nginx
🔒 Networking	AWS VPC, Security Groups
🗂 Version Control	Git, GitHub

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📁 Structure

docker-practice/ ├── docker-compose.yml — service orchestration ├── nginx/ │ └── nginx.conf — custom server configuration └── html/ └── index.html — static site content

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⚡ Quick Start

# Clone
git clone https://github.com/Ice1One/docker-practice.git
cd docker-practice

# Run
docker-compose up -d

# Verify
curl http://localhost:80

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🔍 What's Inside

AWS EC2 Instance (Amazon Linux 2023) └── Docker Compose └── nginx container ├── Custom nginx.conf ├── HTML served via Volume └── Port 80 → public access

✅ Skills Demonstrated

Skill	Details
Dockerfile	Multi-layer builds with caching optimization
Docker Compose	Service definition, dependency management
Volumes	Data persistence across container restarts
Networks	Container-to-container communication
nginx	Static content, custom configuration
AWS EC2	Instance setup, Security Groups, SSH access
Debugging	docker logs, docker exec, docker inspect

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Marko Zvarych · github.com/Ice1One