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Can You Automate the Build of EC2 Instances Behind an Elastic Load Balancer?

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What you'll do

In this challenge, you will automate the creation of a highly available website that will load balance traffic across multiple web servers.

  1. Create an IAM role
  2. Create two EC2 instances
  3. Install a web server by using AWS System Manager Run Command
  4. Create a target group that contains the two EC2 instances
  5. Create an elastic load balancer that uses the target group

Note: Once you begin the challenge, you will not be able to pause, save, or exit and then return to your challenge. Please ensure that you have set aside enough time to complete the challenge before you start.

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