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Steps to Launch a Virtual Machine (EC2 Instance) in AWS
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Steps to Launch a Virtual Machine (EC2 Instance) in AWS

via Dev.toNwafor Somadina Emeka1mo ago

🚀 Steps to Launch a Virtual Machine (EC2 Instance) in AWS Log in to AWS Management Console Go to AWS Console and sign in with your account. Navigate to EC2 Service In the search bar, type EC2 and select it. This opens the EC2 dashboard. Launch Instance Click Launch Instance . Give your instance a name (e.g., "feb30ec2"). Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) Select the operating system you want (e.g., Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, Windows Server). Select Instance Type Choose hardware configuration (CPU, memory). For beginners, t2.micro or t3.micro is Free Tier eligible. Configure Key Pair Create or select a key pair for SSH/RDP access.- _feb20key _ Download the .pem file (for Linux) or .ppk (for Windows with PuTTY). Configure Network Settings (use default) Place the VM in a VPC and subnet . Allow inbound rules (e.g., SSH on port 22 for Linux, RDP on port 3389 for Windows). Add Storage (use default) Define the size of your root volume (e.g., 8 GB for Linux). You can add extra volumes if needed.

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