How to setup GoPhish Phishing server on AWS

JayHill
4 min readDec 30, 2021

First I will show you how to setup an AWS instance in order to setup and configure Gophish phishing open source software.

  1. Go to https://aws.amazon.com and create an account.

2. Under the compute tab click EC2, once you have clicked onto EC2 under the compute section, you will be presented with a screen as seen below. Once you see this screen, click on the “Create Instace” button to start setting up your new EC2 instance.

3. Go ahead and create an instance to install gophish server onto, I went ahead and choose a debian linux instance for my deployment.

4. Be sure to configure secruity group to your specific needs. Below is an example of wht this page looks like.

5. Once you have finished this and clicked next, you will have a review final details page. Click “Launch”. Be sure to choose to create a new key pair. Depending on your Operating System, AWS provides instructions on how to set up your SSH client to access your new AWS EC2 Instance. I will link the instructions here for Windows users: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/putty.html Once the instance has started you will see a screen similar to the one below.

If you’re seeing something similar to the screen above you have successfully setup your AWS instance. The next…

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