This document provides steps to launch an EC2 instance on AWS. The steps are: 1. Select the EC2 service and Mumbai region from the AWS services menu. EC2 instances are region specific. 2. Click "Launch" and select the Amazon Linux operating system and t2.micro instance type which is free tier eligible. 3. Configure security groups and key pairs. The key pair file downloaded during instance launch is required to connect to the instance via SSH. Once the instance is launched, its public IP or DNS can be used to connect to it via PuTTy by uploading the converted private key file. The user logs in and can then begin using the EC2 instance.

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To Launch An EC2 Instance
Step 1: In Services menu select EC2
service, change region to Mumbai.
Remember EC2 Instance is region
specific and EC2 instances created in
one region will not be available to
other regions

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Step 2: Under EC2 dashboard click on
“Launch”
Step 3: Select an operating system. For this
demo let’s select Amazon Linux

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Step 4: Select t2.micro (Free tier eligible) and
Click on “Next Configure Instance Details”
Step 5: Keep all the fields as it is. Click on “Add storage”
Step 6: Next Add Tags. This is an optional key-value pair field, mostly
used by user to categorize servers. E.g. Production, UAT, SIT etc. This
helps administrator during billing of your AWS account

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Step 7: Click on “Add another Tag” and add key and
key values, click on “Next Configure Security
Group”
Step 8: Rename default “Security group
name” of your choice. Keep the rule default

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Step 9: Click on “Launch”
Step 10: In “Select an existing key pair or create a new key pair” popup,
select “Create a new key pair” . Give a name for your key pair
Don’t forget to download key pair. Otherwise you will not be able to
connect to your EC2
instances through SSH terminal(Putty, FileZilla, etc.).Finally click on
Launch Instances

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Step 11: Get Public IP or DNS name to connect
it through internet. Also note the Instance Id to
connect to through CLI

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Step 12: Download PuTTy through
https://www.putty.org and install it. In your task
bar of your local system, search for PuTTygen
and select it. PuTTygen dialogue box appears,
then select Load option. Search for the key pair
file which would be in the .pem format and open
it

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Step 13: Upload the downloaded .pem file to
convert it to .ppk file

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Step 14: Open putty and paste the copied Instance
DNS
Step 15: Select SSH>Auth>Browser and upload your
key-pair (ppk file)

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Step 16: To login and start working with your
instance type the User Name of instance
Conclusion
You have successfully launched an EC2 Instance