AWS EC2 Intro
AWS Tutorial: Introduction to Amazon EC2
Welcome to our lesson on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). EC2 is the backbone of AWS, allowing you to rent virtual servers in the cloud.
Why Learn Amazon EC2?
Amazon EC2 is one of the most fundamental and widely used AWS services. Mastering EC2 is essential for anyone starting their cloud computing journey, as it forms the foundation for running almost any application, database, or backend process in AWS.
Tutorial Overview
In this tutorial, you will learn:
- What Amazon EC2 is and how it works.
- The concept of an EC2 instance.
- How EC2 provides resizable compute capacity.
What is Amazon EC2?
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides scalable computing capacity in the AWS Cloud. Using Amazon EC2 eliminates the need to invest in hardware up front, so you can develop and deploy applications faster.
With EC2, you can launch as many or as few virtual servers as you need, configure security and networking, and manage storage. It enables you to scale up or down to handle changes in requirements or spikes in popularity, reducing your need to forecast traffic.
The Concept of Instances
In AWS, a virtual server is referred to as an instance. When you "provision an EC2 instance," you are essentially starting up a server in the cloud that you can access remotely (via SSH for Linux or RDP for Windows) and install whatever software you need.
Exercise
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