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AWS Getting Started.md

AWS Getting Started.md
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AWS Getting Started

Step 1: Set Up the VPC and Internet Gateway

  • Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/
  • On the VPC dashboard, choose Start VPC Wizard
  • Select the first option, VPC with a Single Public Subnet, and choose Select
  • Leave the default settings and choose Create VPC
  • When the work completes, choose OK to close the status window

source: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/GettingStartedGuide/getting-started-create-vpc.html

Step 2: Set Up a Security Group for Your VPC

Create the WebServerSG security group

  • Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/.
  • In the navigation pane, choose Security Groups
  • Choose Create Security Group
  • In the Group name field, enter WebServerSG as the name of the security group, and provide a description.
  • Select the ID of your VPC from the VPC menu, and then choose Yes, Create

Add rules

  • Select the WebServerSG security group that you just created
  • Click Inbound Rules tab & edit
  • Add rule type HTTP with source 0.0.0.0/0
  • Add rule type HTTPS with source 0.0.0.0/0
  • Add rule type SSH with source 0.0.0.0/0

source: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/GettingStartedGuide/getting-started-create-security-group.html

Step 3: Launch an Instance into Your VPC

  • Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/
  • In the navigation bar, on the top-right, ensure that you select the same region in which you created your VPC and security group.
  • From the dashboard, choose Launch Instance
  • Select Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS
  • Choose t2.micro, which is the free tier eligible instance
  • Choose Next: Configure Instance Details
  • Change the Network to the VPC created in step 1
  • Tick Protect against accidental termination
  • Choose Next: Add Storage
  • Free tier storage is up to 30GB, therefore enter 15GB and select Next: Tag Instance
  • Input the instance name (eg. Ubuntu 14.04 Sydney or app v1.0)
  • Choose Next: Configure Security Group
  • Choose Select an existing security group and select the security group created in step 2
  • Choose Review and Launch then choose Launch
  • Create key pair if required, then choose Launch Instance

source: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/GettingStartedGuide/getting-started-launch-instance.html

Step 4: Assign an Elastic IP Address to Your Instance

  • Open the Amazon VPC console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/
  • In the navigation pane, choose Elastic IPs
  • Choose Allocate New Address, and then Yes, Allocate
  • Select the Elastic IP address from the list, choose Actions, and then choose Associate Address
  • In the dialog box, choose Instance from the Associate with list, and then select your instance from the Instance list. Choose Yes, Associate when you're done.

source: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonVPC/latest/GettingStartedGuide/getting-started-assign-eip.html

Step 5: Connecting to EC2

  • Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/
  • Choose the instance and look for the Public IP
  • The default ssh user for Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS is ubuntu (AWS AMI is ec2-user)
  • Use the .pem file to SSH into the server (eg. using MobaXterm)