How to access the Geo-Blocked websites using AWS

Hello Friends, hope you are doing well.

I just wanted to share my findings/observations, on how to access geographically blocked websites using AWS.

Hope this may be helpful, when you are trying to access your personal information back home, while travelling abroad. Also, if you want to watch your favorite programs while travelling, for example Indian application “Voot”, which works only in India.

VPNs are also good option for accessing the content that is blocked in your own country. There are lots of VPNs out there to choose from, for watching streaming media and services from another country.

AWS is another option to access the Geo-blocked websites.

The below listed high level steps can be followed to access Geo-blocked websites using AWS.

·       Login to AWS console

·       Change Region in AWS to specific region, from where you are trying access website.

Example: “Asia Pacific (Mumbai)” to access Indian application “Voot”

·       Open EC2 service page and create an EC2 instance with Windows OS

·       Connect to this EC2 instance using “Remote Desktop Connection” from your laptop/PC

·    Open IE (Internet Explorer) in EC2 instance and then you can browse the website that you couldn’t access from your laptop/PC

Hope this may be helpful, if you are trying to access Geo-blocked websites.