Amazon Web Services makes a smooth process in setting up a fresh modern Linux distribution just using your web browser, you will need an account:
You can create your own account for free.
Or talk to your system admin department to get access.
In this 1.5 minute video I show the process of creating an AWS instance which can be used for installing Iguana:
In the video I show picking Amazon Linux which is an excellent choice.
Amazon Linux is an excellent choice.
Defaults for most of the settings should be fine.
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: