Building a web server from scratch is an essential skill for any cloud or DevOps engineer.
The project involves provisioning a Linux server, installing Apache, deploying a custom HTML landing page, and securing the server with SSL encryption.
The tools and technologies used include AWS, Ubuntu, Apache, SSH, HTML, and Certbot.
The main steps of the project include provisioning the server on AWS, connecting to the server, setting up the web server, deploying a custom HTML landing page, and configuring SSL for HTTPS.