Github pages -> Amazon EC2 server

0) Login to the EC2 Amazon Console

https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home

1) In the EC2's Security group section add an inbound rule to open ports 80 and 443

Type: HTTP, Protocol: TCP, Port: 80, Source: 0.0.0.0/0
Type: HTTPS, Protocol: TCP, Port: 443, Source: 0.0.0.0/0

2) Copy the Public DNS for your EC2 instance

ec2-##-##-##-##.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

3) On the Github Repo page, open ⚙Settings and paste the Public DNS into the Custom domain field

Custom domain = ec2-##-##-##-##.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

4) SSH into your EC2 instance and install nginx

$ sudo yum install nginx

5) Start the nginx web server

$ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx start

6) View the test site by browsing to your Repo's website

user.github.io/repository

7) Copy your web files to the nginx html folder on the EC2 instance

$ sudo cp -a _site/*html ../../../../usr/share/nginx/html/

NOTE: To restart server after reboot

$ sudo /etc/init.d/nginx restart

Reference: http://www.oliverelliott.org/article/computing/tut_aws/