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Launch An EC2 Instance In AWS

In this article, we will launch an EC2 instance in AWS.

Purpose

The EC2 instance creates a virtual machine.

How To Launch An EC2 Instance?

First, search the word ec2 in the search box. Click on the EC2 in the search result.

Picture showing searching the word ec2 in the search box

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In the EC2 screen, click on Launch instance.

Picture showing the section fo the screen with the Launch Instance button

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A screen will appear with the default options selected. You can change the options on the left-hand side screen.

Picture showing the summary screen of the launch instance with default options selected

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Click on the Launch instance button to launch the instance. Once the instance is ready, the Launch state of EC2 would be Running.

Picture showing the EC21 created with instance state equal to running

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Key Pair

You can specify the key pair on the left-hand side screen.

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Login To The EC2 Instance

To login the instance, click on the instance id. In the RDP client tab, click on the Get password button.

Picture showing the Get Password button for getting the password

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Another screen appears. Click on the Browse button and select the Key pair downloaded earlier.

Picture showing the browse button for selecting the key pair file

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The RSA private key appears in the textbox. Click on the Decrypt Password button.

Picture showing the decrypt password button for getting the password from key pair file

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Your password will display on screen.

Picture showing the password got generated from key pair file

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To login, click on the Download remote desktop file button. The RDP file gets downloaded.

Click on the file and enter the password to login.

Picture showing login into the EC2 instance

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Benefits

The instance created above is the on-demand instance. These are the benefits of the on-demand instance: -

You only pay for the number of hours used
There is no upfront cost for using the on-demand instance
Ideal for the auto-scaling groups and the unpredictable workloads
Good for the dev/test environment

Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Monday, October 4, 2021

Updated On -	Friday, September 29, 2023

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