Create an EC2 Machine in AWS

 

 

Steps for Creating a EC2 Instance

1.Sign in to AWS. The AWS Management Console will open

You must have an AWS account. If you don’t have an account, create one.

Note: You will need to provide credit/debit card information for your new account.

2.Under Compute, click on EC2. Or type “EC2” in the search box and then Enter

3. In the EC2 Dashboard, click on the Launch Instance button.

Provide a name for the instance

4. Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Select an HVM version of Amazon Linux 2. Notice that these AMIs are marked Free tier eligible. An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a basic configuration that serves as a template for your instance.

Scroll and select.

5. Choose an Instance Type

If it isn’t preselected, select the t2.micro [Free tier eligible] instance type which is selected as default.

6. Create a key pair “public” and “private” keys  that will be used for securely connecting to your instance from your computer. The public key will be a part of your EC2 instance configuration and the private key will be kept on your local PC or Mac

7. Configure Instance Details

Since we are only configuring one instance, the defaults on this page do not need to be changed. 

8. In the Network settings, choose Select existing security group.

9. Configure Storage :Leave the default 8 GB unchanged .

10. Click on the Launch instance in the lower right.