This article will walk through to create the first AWS instance and
launch it. We will also see that how to access the AWS instance from
internet. Configure the virtual firewall to protect the instance from
different external attacks by restricting the number of allowed ports.
You could also protect the instance against the accidental termination.
By adding more tags to the instances, you could easily determine the
cost and department. Let’s start the demonstration.
1. Login to the amazon AWS console.
2. From the AWS services , please click on EC2. EC2 Amazon AWS
3. You could check the EC2 service status on your zone. AWS – Service Health
4. Click on “Launch instance” tab . Launch Instance – AWS
5. Select the any one of the Free Tier eligible image. (If you don’t want to be charged.) Select Free Tier eligible instance – Amazon Linux
6. Choose an AWS EC2 instance type. Choose AWS Instance Type
7. Configure instance details like network and other optional settings. Configure Instance Details – AWS
8.This section is required if you need to add additional storage. Add Storage – AWS Instance
9. Add the required tags. Add Tags to the AWS Instance
10. Configure the security groups. Since its first instance, I
haven;t configure the additional security. It’s open to the internet on
port 22. Configure Security Group – AWS instance
11. Review and launch the AWS EC2 instance. Review Instance Launch – AWS
12. Create a new key pair and download it. Create a new key pair and Launch instance
13. On the successful launch of the instance , you could see like below. Launch Status – AWS EC2
14. If you click that instance id , you can see the instance status. AWS instance status
15. In the instance description section , you could see that public IP and DNS for the instance. AWS EC2 Details
Using the Public IP, You should be able to connect the instance from
internet. In the next article, we will see that how to connect to the
instance using the private key from windows laptop.
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