AWS EC2 is a web service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. It is designed to make web-scale cloud computing easier for developers.
With EC2, you can launch virtual machines (instances) with a variety of operating systems, load them with your application, and then scale capacity up or down according to your needs. You can also stop and start your instances as needed, without losing your data.
In this article, we will show you how to launch and configure a virtual machine in the AWS EC2 cloud.
To launch an EC2 instance, you first need to select an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). An AMI is a template that contains a software configuration (for example, an operating system, an application server, and applications).
Next, you need to choose an instance type. There are a variety of instance types available, each with different sizes, performance, and price.
After you have selected an AMI and an instance type, you can launch your instance. You will need to specify a few configuration options, such as the instance name, the security group, and the key pair.
After you have launched your EC2 instance, you can access it using SSH. You will need to use the private key of the key pair that you specified when you launched the instance.
Once you are logged in, you can install and configure the software that you need. For example, you can install a web server and deploy your web application.
##Conclusion
In this article, we have showed you how to launch and configure a virtual machine in the AWS EC2 cloud. We have also provided some tips on how to install and configure software on your EC2 instance.