Creating an EC2 Instance

Source: Dev.to | Dec 14, 2025 (UTC)

Step 1:
In the Search Bar, type EC2 and choose the first option

Step 2:
Click Launch Instance

Step 3
In the Launch Instance Environment, in the name bar, type in a name and click Add Additional Tags

Step 4
In the Name and Tag Section, for the Key info and value info Bar, type in while for the Resource Types, click the drop-down arrow and select Instances

Step 5
In the Application and OS Images (Amazon Machine Images), select any of the Operating systems you want, though I will choose Windows Microsoft

Step 6
In the Key Pair (Login) section, click Create new key pair and fill in the necessary information on the new bar that pops up

Step 7
In the Network Setting Section, tick the Allow RDP traffic from and Allow HTTP traffic from the Internet

Step 8
Click Launch Instance

Step 9
Successful Message of EC2 instance creation

Step 10
Click Connect to Instance

Step 11
In the Connect Environment, click the RDP Client Tab

Step 12
Click Upload private key file

Step 13
Click Decrypt Password

Step 14
Click the download remote desktop file and copy the password

Step 15
In the Connection security environment, click Connect

Step 16
Insert the copied password into the security environment, click OK, and click ** Yes ** for the subsequent pop-up. The EC2 instance is done and dusted

I hope this article was helpful.