Launch an EC2 instance

1. Launch an EC2 instance.

   • Navigate to EC2
   • Select Instances
   • Select Launch instances

2. In the Launch an instance interface:

   • Name and tags, enter CodeDeployDemo
   • Select Quick Start
   • Select Amazon Linux

3. In the Instance type section, select t3.medium

   • Select Create new key pair

4. In the Key pair name section, enter awsstudygroup

   • Select Create key pair
   • This key pair should be carefully stored on your computer to be used for SSH access to the EC2 instance.

5. Configure network settings:

   • VPC: default
   • Subnet: a subnet of the default VPC (default is a public subnet)
   • Auto-assign public IP: Enable
   • Firewall (security groups): Create security group:
   • SSH / Port 22 / Anywhere
   • HTTP / Port 80 / Anywhere

6. Advanced details:

• IAM instance profile: CodeDeployDemo-EC2-Instance-Profile

7. Complete the EC2 instance creation.

8. Check the EC2 instance details after about 3 minutes of initialization.

9. Check the Security configuration of the EC2 instance.