This is a little out of scope of installing Iguana but having a fresh up to date Linux Server is a helpful starting point. This page is as much for our own staff as it is for customers.
If you don’t have an Amazon Web Services account then you can create one for free.
In this video I show the process of creating an AWS Amazon Web Services makes a smooth process in setting up a fresh modern Linux distribution just using your web browser. Before you can start you will need an account, so hopefully your best choice:
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How your organization gives access to Amazon Web Services will vary. This is how Lev our system administrator gave iNTERFACEWARE staff access to AWS through the Google Applications:
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Just go to: And you can create a free Amazon Web Services account - you will need enter a credit card. Just be careful to only provision machines in the free tier. |
If you have access to an AWS Account:
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In 30 seconds I set up an AWS Linux instance which can be used for installing Iguana |
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For AWS to completely initialize the machine takes a little longer. I suggest you do something else - take a break, get a coffee or what ever brings you joy. Then in the next video you can see how one can easily connect to your instance: In this case I use the build in browser tool. It’s possible to connect in other ways like ssh but that is different topic |
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From just a few minutes and clicks you have a fresh working Linux machine to install IguanaX on.
Continue to download and install IguanaX.