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Using Amazon EC2 as a web server with a specific IP address

I am trying to create a personal / professional website within college. From the university I requested a static IP address, which is directed to the site name " http://lastname.someuniversity.edu ". I would like to set up an instance of Amazon EC2 to host the website.

I know how to create / administer a website on an EC2 instance. I just don’t know how to get an EC2 instance to talk to the university (and vice versa). The IT specialist at the university was not very helpful.

I know how to set up a local machine to run as a web server, and not how to make an Amazon EC2 instance “sit inside” at the university.

Thanks for the help,

Will

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If you want the Amazon EC2 instance to "sit at your university," you can set up a VPN using Amazon Virtual Private Cloud .

This service is still in beta testing, but it has been available for about a year. The connection currently costs $ 0.05 per hour (about $ 36.5 per month), and you also pay for data transfer.

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Check out Amazon Private Cloud . I think this is exactly what you are asking for.

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You will need to work with your IT staff to set up a VPN connection between your premises and the EC2 cloud. In practice, you will most likely need: 1) Define a subnet for your EC2 connections (e.g. 10.10.10.x). 2) Create a VPN tunnel between your university and Amazon (Virtual Private Cloud). 3) Include any routing or firewall changes at the university.

You know that this works for you when you can ping an EC2 host from your premises.

By the way, I recently released a new service that works specifically on Amazon EC2. About 20% of people now ask VPC to use our service (Virtual Lab Management), and therefore I can confirm that this solution has caused interest in a large number of large organizations.

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