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How to create Instance in AWS EC2

How to create Instance in AWS EC2

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides scalable computing capacity in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Using Amazon EC2 eliminates your need to invest in hardware up front, so you can develop and deploy applications faster. You can use Amazon EC2 to launch as many or as few virtual servers as you need, configure security and networking, and manage storage.


Features:-

  • Preconfigured templates for your instances, known as Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), that package the bits you need for your server (including the operating system and additional software).
  • Various configurations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacity for your instances, known as instance types.
  • Secure login information for your instances using key pairs (AWS stores the public key, and you store the private key in a secure place).
  • Storage volumes for temporary data that are deleted when you stop or terminate your instance, known as instance store volumes.
  • Multiple physical locations for your resources, such as instances and Amazon EBS volumes, known as regions and Availability Zones
  • A firewall that enables you to specify the protocols, ports, and source IP ranges that can reach your instances using security groups

Pre-request:

  • Must have an account in AWS.
  • Decent Tech specified Laptop or Desktop with Windows, Linux or MAC based platform.
  • Decent Internet speed is required.
  • Basic knowledge of Linux or Windows OS.


Creating an Instance

First, login into AWS console and click services select EC2 at compute category.


Then, click the Launch Instance option from the dashboard to create a new instance.

Select AMI recommended free trail based AMI for free users.

And then, you need to select instance type recommended free trail based type for free users.

You should now configure instance network details.


In the next step, you need to add storage for instance, MAX 30GB is limit for free tier.


Afterwhich you need to add tags for the instance.


Also, you need to configure inbound and outbound security policies for instance.


In the next step, you need to review your instance configuration.


And create key pair and click Launch Instances.

Now your instance is ready. With this, the tutorial on creating an instance in AWS EC2 comes to an end.


Tag : Amazon ECS (Amazon EC2 Container Service)
FAQ
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Why am I asked to verify my phone number when signing up for Amazon EC2?
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Amazon EC2 registration requires you to have a valid phone number and email address on file with AWS in case we ever need to contact you. Verifying your phone number takes only a couple of minutes and involves receiving a phone call during the registration process and entering a PIN number using the phone key pad.
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How can I get started with Amazon EC2?
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To sign up for Amazon EC2, click the “Sign up for This Web Service” button on the Amazon EC2 detail page. You must have an Amazon Web Services account to access this service; if you do not already have one, you will be prompted to create one when you begin the Amazon EC2 sign-up process. After signing up, please refer to the Amazon EC2 documentation, which includes our Getting Started Guide.
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What can I do with Amazon EC2?
A
Just as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) enables storage in the cloud, Amazon EC2 enables “compute” in the cloud. Amazon EC2’s simple web service interface allows you to obtain and configure capacity with minimal friction. It provides you with complete control of your computing resources and lets you run on Amazon’s proven computing environment. Amazon EC2 reduces the time required to obtain and boot new server instances to minutes, allowing you to quickly scale capacity, both up and down, as your computing requirements change. Amazon EC2 changes the economics of computing by allowing you to pay only for capacity that you actually use.
Q
How to create bucket in AWS EC2?
A
For create the Bucket in AWS EC2, use the following link as given below "https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-create-bucket-in-aws-s3/".
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What is Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)?
A
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale computing easier for developers.