Launch EC2 Instance

Launch EC2 Instance

Resource Parameters

The following parameters are needed when following these steps to launch a new EC2 instance.

  • VPC Name and Region
  • Instance AMI and Type

Throughout this guide we use the following example EC2 Instance parameters.

  • VPC
    • Name my-vpc in region us-east-1
  • Instance
    • Name Amazon Linux 2 AMI (HVM), SSD Volume Type, 64-bit (x86)
    • Type t3.small

Launch the EC2 instance

Navigate to the EC2 Management Consoleopen in new window and make sure you have selected the desired region in the upper right corner, such as US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1.

Under the Resources by Region section, select the Instances resource box to show your Instances. Click the Launch instances button and complete the wizard with the following details:

Step1: Choose AMI: Amazon Linux 2 AMI (HVM), SSD Volume Type, 64-bit (x86)

Step2: Choose an Instance Type: t3.small

Step 3:Configure Instance Details

Network: vpc-xxx (my-vpc)
Auto-assign Public IP: enable

Step4: Add Storage: (defaults)

Step5: Add Tags: (defaults)

Step 6: Configure Security Group

Select an existing security group: default VPC security group

Step7: Review Instance Launch: (review)

Info

You can replace these AMI, Instance Type and Network VPC Name example values with your desired values.

Click Launch and create a new key pair called msk-proxy, or select the existing one if you have already created a key pair called msk-proxy.

Click Launch Instances.

Tips

This launches an EC2 instance in VPC my-vpc, not yet accessible via SSH.

Follow the Update Security Group guide with these parameters to enable SSH access to your EC2 instance.

VPC: vpc-xxx (my-vpc)
Security Group: default

Inbound Rule

Type: SSH
Source: 0.0.0.0/0

Tips

This makes the launched EC2 instance accessible via SSH.

Access the EC2 Instance via SSH

Navigate to the EC2 Management Consoleopen in new window and make sure you have selected the desired region in the upper right corner, such as US East (N. Virginia) us-east-1.

Under the Resources by Region section, select the Instances resource box to show your Instances. Select your recently launched EC2 instance to see the instance details. Copy the Public IPv4 address to the clipboard and note the Key pair name.

Execute the following ssh command to access your EC2 instance.

ssh -i ~/.ssh/<instance-key-pair-name>.pem ec2-user@<instance-public-ipv4-address>

Tips

This accesses your EC2 instance via SSH.

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