1. Point Your Domain to Your EC2 Instance

Identify the EC2 instance you want to associate with your domain

2. Update DNS Records

• Log in to your domain registrar (e.g., GoDaddy, Namecheap, Hostinger).
• Go to DNS settings and create an A record
• Host: @
• Value: Your EC2 public IP
• TTL: Default

3. Install Nginx on EC2

If you haven't installed Nginx yet, do so with:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y nginx

4. Update server_name in the following configuration.

server {
      server_name your-domain-name;

      root /var/www/html/myapp/.next;

      location / {
          proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
          proxy_http_version 1.1;
          proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
          proxy_set_header Connection 'upgrade';
          proxy_set_header Host $host;
          proxy_cache_bypass $http_upgrade;
      }
  }

5. Install SSL Certificate Using Let's Encrypt (Certbot)

Install Certbot and Nginx Plugin

sudo apt install -y certbot python3-certbot-nginx

Obtain and Install SSL Certificate

sudo certbot --nginx -d [your-domain-name]

Enable Auto-Renewal for SSL

sudo certbot renew --dry-run

Restart Nginx server

sudo systemctl restart nginx