Creating an EC2 instance in AWS

In this blogpost , we'll be creating an EC2 machine in AWS.

First, you need to create an AWS Free Tier account. It'd ask you some information such as your name, address etc. Yeah, it also requires you to make a payment of $1 USD (don't worry, they'll give the amount back)

Then, after you sign up for one, it'll lead you to your AWS Console Management Dashboard.

In there, you can see some of the services listed. Choose "EC2" from there.

In there, type in the stuff such as your instance name, the OS that you wanna use etc.

Also make you create a keypair and save it on your machine. I'll tell you know what its used for in my next post.

Since you have opted for the free-tier, you'll be given a t2.micro machine to use, so you don't have to fiddle anything with that.

Once you're done, click on "Launch Instance" to rocket-launch your instance -- wee!

Once it throws the success message on the screen, click on "View all instances".

Here, you could see your EC2 instance up and running .

Congrats on your first step in learning AWS EC2 -- you can give yourself a star.