Getting Started With Amazon EC2
Overview The following diagram shows the key components: • An image- A template that contains the software to run on your instance, such as the operating system. • A key pair- A set of security credentials that you use to prove your identity when connecting to your instance. The public key is on your instance and the private key is on your computer. • A network- A virtual private cloud (VPC) is a virtual network dedicated to your AWS account. To help you get started quickly, your account comes with a default VPC in each AWS Region, and each default VPC has a default subnet in each Availability Zone. • A security group- Acts as a virtual firewall to control inbound and outbound traffic. • An EBS volume- We require a root volume for the image. You can optionally add data volumes. Step 1: Launch an Instance 1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/. 2. In the navigation bar at the top of the screen, we display t...