If you have sensitive data on your site, you may want to install an SSL Certificate to make it more secure. Here is a brief tutorial being on AWS EC2 Ubuntu instance on how to set it up.
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AWS (Amazon Web Services) is an advanced cloud platform which offers lots of features. As cloud platforms go it is mostly for larger projects that need to be able to scale. That said Amazon offers a free tier, which means that you can test out their features for one year for free. Yes, you get cloud services to play with for free! More info on Amazon’s Free Tier page.