Zip a folder in ubuntu server

ZIP a folder or files

ssh -i /path/to/your-key.pem ubuntu@ec2-public-ip

Install zip:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install zip

Zip a single file:

zip filename.zip file-to-zip

Zip multiple files:

zip myfiles.zip file1.txt file2.txt

Zip a folder:

zip -r myfolder.zip folder-name