Getting started with Amazon EC2¶
Summary:
- Go to http://aws.amazon.com/, log in, then “EC2” (upper left);
- Select “Launch instance”;
- Select “Ubuntu 14.04” from the list;
- Select “m3.xlarge” from the list (towards bottom of “General purpose”);
- Click “Review and launch”
- Select “Launch”;
- If your first time through, create a key pair; otherwise select existing;
- Click “launch instance”
Details!¶
- Start up an EC2 instance
- Log in
- Select your zone
- Select the machine operating system to boot
- Choose the machine size
- Change the size of the hard drive
- Confirm and launch
- (First time through) generate a new key pair
- (Next times through) select an existing key pair
- Click on View Instances
- Select the public DNS name for later use
- Logging into your new instance “in the cloud” (Windows version)
- Logging into your new instance “in the cloud” (Mac version)
- Terminating your instance
A final checklist:
- You have a green EC2 instance!
- You used ubuntu 14.04;
- You’re in US East (Virginia);
- You didn’t start a micro instance (m3.xlarge, or bigger);
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