Getting Started with Amazon Web Services : Create EC2 Instance

In this blog we are going to create an EC2 instance using AWS Website for new users.

First login into your AWS root account

After logged in into the AWS account, go to services and select EC2.

In the EC2, either click Instances or Instance(running) for creating or launching the instance.

EC2 page

Click Launch Instance for launching a new instance

Select Image for Instance, here I’m selecting Linux Amazon Image

Select Instance Type and click on next

Keep the default and move to the next

Keep default, if need extra storage we can add by clicking on add new Volume, and then move to next

Keep the default, if need you can add tags, and move to the next

Configure Security Group. Here I’m allowing to connect everyone through SSH even we can add as many Security Rules

Then click Review and Launch

This is the Review Instance page. You can cross-check your instance according to your needs. If everything is OK, click Launch

Select Create a new Key Pair and give password and create Key Pair. If you have already a key pair, then go to “choose an existing key pair”.

create a new key pair

give your key pair a name

download the key pair

Note: This Key Pair is the passkey for your and for launching other’s instances.

After downloading Key Pair, click on Launch Instance

Now, our instance is successfully launched and it’s Running.

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