Quick steps to launch your first AWS EC2 instance and SSH into it to create a webpage
Hey guys!! If this is your first time working with AWS and you want to launch an EC2 instance, here is what you need to do. Firstly, you need to have an AWS account, if not, you can create one on AWS right now. AWS provides 12 months of free tier for its customers, you can anytime go @ AWS Free Tier and checkout which services are free and for how long. So, I think by now you must have an AWS account. Log in to your account and search for EC2 Dashboard. Now, before creating an EC2 instance make sure you are in the region that is close to you, for me it is Asia Pacific (Mumbai), but you have to choose the region that is according to your location. Now, when you are in the EC2 Dashboard you see there is 0 running instances, for creating a new instance click on 'Launch Instance'. 1) Choose AMI When you click on 'Launch Instance', you'll land on Choose AMI screen and you will see multiple options for selection. AMI stands for Amazon Machine Image, which...