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I successfully set up my AWS cloud console and connected from the terminal.

I built my first homelab as well as installing a web server and I had fun doing so! Excited to learn more from the courses.

Got my EC2 server up and running. Connected via SSH, installed Apache, opened port 80, and got the page live in the browser. Good to see it working properly!