An EC2 instance is a virtual server running on Amazon. An EC2 instance service is exposed as a web service, whereby a user can provision a computing platform to run their application.
EC2 instance
AWS Management Console
Go to AWS EC2 Management Console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home.
Launching an instance
Create a new EC2 instance:
- Click Instances under INSTANCE on the left menu.
- Click Launch Instance.
- Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). As discussed in the AMI section, we need to choose an AMI that has the required pre-installed software package: