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Learn how to create an EC2 instance - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

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Learn how to create an EC2 instance

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- [Instructor] Let's create our first server within EC2. From within the AWS console, in the services search bar, type in EC2 and click on the entry that auto-completes. Click on the Launch Instance button. And in the pull down, select Launch Instance. For name, type awsdemo1. Scroll down to the section titled Application and OS Images or Amazon Machine Image. Virtual machines in AWS are called Amazon Machine Images or AMI. These virtual machines already have an operating system or OS installed on them, such as Windows Server or your favorite Linux distribution. There are several AMIs that already have entire server applications, such as WordPress, installed and configured for you. Type WordPress into the AMI search bar and hit Enter. You'll see several AMIs that you can choose from that come with pre-configured WordPress installs. The AMI Marketplace allows vendors to post server images that you can launch without additional charges. However, there are also some AMIs that have additional charges to cover the licensing and service fees for any commercial applications, so be sure to read the details before launching these. We are going to launch an instance with just Ubuntu installed on it and set up the web server ourselves. So click on Launch an Instance from the breadcrumbs to return to the launch instance screen. Click on Ubuntu and select the Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS image. Scroll down to the instance type and select t2.micro. There's several options in this pull down, so let's break down the most common EC2 instance types.

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