Elastic Cloud Compute, or EC2, is the core service for Compute in Amazon Web Services (AWS). An EC2 instance is effectively a virtual server that you “rent,” meaning you only pay for what you use.
In this video, I’ll provide a short overview of EC2, its benefits, and why you would use it. Then in a hands-on tutorial, I’ll walk through how to create a new EC2 instance (using the Windows Amazon Machine Image or AMI), how to connect, and then finally how to terminate the instance.
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00:00 – The problem that Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) solves: a story
01:10 – Overviewing EC2 and its benefits
02:19 – Creating an EC2 instance (Windows) in the AWS Console
02:58 – Choosing an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for the EC2 instance
03:50 – Choosing an instance type for the EC2 instance
04:25 – Configuring instance details for an EC2 instance
06:36 – Adding storage to an EC2 instance
06:58 – Adding tags to an EC2 instance
07:22 – Configuring security groups for an EC2 instance
08:12 – Reviewing and launching an EC2 instance
08:25 – Creating a key pair for an EC2 instance
09:56 – Connecting to an EC2 instance through Remote Desktop
11:36 – Terminating an EC2 instance
