Set up Linux Server on AWS in minutes

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:

Cloud Computing Services - Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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.

In 30 seconds I set up an AWS Linux instance which can be used for installing Iguana:

1. Name the server - using your name and the word test is helpful to indicate to your co-workers that the machine isn’t important.

2. Amazon Linux is an excellent choice.

3. You have to select a “key pair”.

   1. Pick any one or make a new one - since we can connect via the Amazon web console it’s not super necessary.

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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.