How to launch Ubuntu 16.04 in a default VPC in AWS?
Prerequisites:
- Credentials to Login to AWS
- PEM Key
Procedure:
- Go to https://aws.amazon.com and click Sign In to the Console.
- Sign In using your Root user or an IAM credentials.
- Once Signed In, go to Services –> EC2 from the AWS Dashboard.
- From the EC2 Dashboard, hit Launch Instance.
- Step 1: From the AMI selection page, select the AMI (Amazon Machine Image) that says Ubuntu 16.04.
- Step 2: From the Choose an Instance Type page, select t2.micro Type and hit Next: Configure Instance Details.
- Step 3: From the Configure Instance Details, select the default VPC under Network, select one of the default Subnets and without modifying anything else, hit Next: Add Storage.
- Step 4: Add Storage: Under the Add Storage page, just take the default 8 GiB Size and hit Next: Add Tags.
- Step 5: Add Tags: You can skip this part for now. We can look at this later as an AWS best practice. Hit Next: Configure Security Groups.
- Step 6: From the Configure Security Groups, hit Create a new security group, give it a Security group name, Description and Add Rule to allow SSH type from 0.0.0.0/0 Source and click Review and Launch.
- Step 7: From the Review Instance Launch page, review everything and hit Launch.
- Select an existing key pair that was a prerequisite and hit Launch Instances.
- Your Launch Status page should show you the status of your recently launched instance.
- From the drop-down Services tab, click EC2. Under Resources, you should see 1 Running Instances.
- Congratulations! You just launched an Ubuntu Instance in AWS.
