New simple dashboard to create EC2 instances on AWS
AWS continues to improve the console and now they add a simple way to create an instance EC2 on one page.
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a service from AWS to implement a computing platform, you can choose over 500 instances and configurations but it is your first time, don’t worry because now AWS let you create an instance so easily.
Create an instance EC2
You only need enter to section EC2 on the AWS Console
And then select “Launch instances” to create a new instances
You can enter all detail to create an instance on a single page.
s you could see right now the view is very simple, you should choose an operating system such as Linux, ubuntu, windows, etc.
In the section Instance Type, you need to select the size of the EC2 instance, If you don’t know what type to select I recommend you select an instance to the free tier, you can find this type in the following link.
I love it because I don´t have to press “CTRL + F” to search an instance.
On this option, I select without key because I will enter with the console but if you want to connect by ssh you must select or create a key pair.
The section Network settings are very simple, you should select your VPC, Security Groups, and access rules to the instance.
I will let the default storage to this section.
The section Advanced details is optional if you want to select a role, user data, or another advanced detail but I will let the default settings to this section
Great! I press Launch Instances and walla!
You have an instance running!
Conclusion
There are many ways to create an instance as code for example with cloudformation, AWS CLI, or terraform but for people who are just starting on AWS is perfect to simplify the understanding of the creation of AWS EC2 instances.
