Launching Amazon EC2 Instances

In this lab, you will explore how to select and create an appropriate Amazon EC2 virtual machine components, such as networking, storage, and security. You will also get an opportunity to configure, access, and terminate an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) virtual instance.

Level

Intermediate

Duration

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn how to:

• Navigate the Amazon EC2 service console
• Understand the lifecycle of an Amazon EC2 instance
• Understand the main components of an Amazon EC2 instance and how to configure them
• Launch and access an Amazon EC2 instance
• Terminate an Amazon EC2 instance

Intended Audience

This course is intended for:

• Architects
• Business Users
• Developers
• Infrastructure Engineers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

• Access to a computer with Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux (Ubuntu, SuSE, or Red Hat)
• A modern internet browser such as Chrome or Firefox.
• Basic understanding of AWS Compute and Amazon EC2
• Familiarity with the basic navigation of AWS Management Console

Course Outline

• Task 1: AWS Console login and Amazon EC2 console overview
• Task 2: Configure, Launch and Review the lifecycle of the an EC2 instance
• Task 3: Launch an EC2 Instance with additional configuration and test User data implementation
• Task 4: Access and Explore the EC2 Instance Virtual Machine
• Task 5: Modify the attributes for EC2 Instance Virtual Machine
• Task 6: Terminate and clean up the EC2 instance virtual machine