Creating an EC2 instance on AWS is the same as getting a new machine and installing the required software to run a web application. In this recipe, we will create an EC2 instance, provision it, and run a simple Go web application.
Creating your first EC2 instance to run a Go web application
Getting ready...
To start with the creating and deploying on an AWS EC2 instance, firstly, you have to create and activate an AWS account. Because this is out of context for this recipe, we will not be doing it here.
A well-explained process you can follow to create and activate an AWS account is available at https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/create-and-activate-aws-account/
