Amazon/AWS EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) Basics | Create an EC2 Instance Tutorial |AWS for Beginners

Elastic Cloud Compute, or EC2, is the core service for Compute in Amazon Web Services (AWS). An EC2 instance is effectively a virtual server that you “rent,” meaning you only pay for what you use.

In this video, I’ll provide a short overview of EC2, its benefits, and why you would use it. Then in a hands-on tutorial, I’ll walk through how to create a new EC2 instance (using the Windows Amazon Machine Image or AMI), how to connect, and then finally how to terminate the instance.

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00:00 – The problem that Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) solves: a story
01:10 – Overviewing EC2 and its benefits
02:19 – Creating an EC2 instance (Windows) in the AWS Console
02:58 – Choosing an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) for the EC2 instance
03:50 – Choosing an instance type for the EC2 instance
04:25 – Configuring instance details for an EC2 instance
06:36 – Adding storage to an EC2 instance
06:58 – Adding tags to an EC2 instance
07:22 – Configuring security groups for an EC2 instance
08:12 – Reviewing and launching an EC2 instance
08:25 – Creating a key pair for an EC2 instance
09:56 – Connecting to an EC2 instance through Remote Desktop
11:36 – Terminating an EC2 instance

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[kingsleyukaegbu]

This is the best video for beginners about EC2, so direct and simple. Thank you so much.

[katydorjee]

I love the way you started with a story that relates to real life scenarios.
Great video!

[thomasedwardking]

Omg Amber, you and your tutorials are an absolute breath of fresh air. After so many disappointing "Tech Bro" videos you've actually made AWS accessible, interesting, and engaging for me. Keep creating that good stuff 🤩🤩

[anthonygonsalvis]

Very informative and entertaining. Easy to follow along. Short and sweet. Great delivery (well-organized, smooth, confident and trustworthy voice), too. Thanks and please keep it coming.

[bullishprinceofwhales]

This was an extremely useful tutorial, and you are an EXCELLENT teacher. Kudos! and Thank you.

[renembah]

You are one of the best teachers i have listened to on the internet

[texasbroker]

First of all, I’m impressed that you respond to all the comments. Second, I am an absolute beginner in your videos are fantastic. If there’s something you didn’t cover, it’s easy to go out and research the reason, solution, terms used, or anything else I need to know. But as a step-by-step guide, you are awesome.

[plazma]

Your tutorials have been very usefull for a new comer in this bizarre cloud world :)
Massive thanks, keep it up!

[etechia]

Just like everyone once else who has watched this video and the rest of your series, this is great work - thank you! I was able to set up my account and launch my first instance following along your videos. Onto planning for tomorrow night - conquering the world!

[joy_varghese]

Thank you, very much for the amazing video, I am learning various services on AWS, and this module on EC2 was quiet helpful, keep up the good work.

[franktroy]

I really liked your video, I was able to get my own instance started.

[Nohandleovahere]

Thank you so much for this video. I was struggling so bad trying to get my instance to work but after watching your video I FINALLY got it to work.

[nellieetnini]

Great Teacher ever, I just love it. ..the way it goes

[Zrinik]

This is the EXACT video I was looking for to get more information on the steps from start to finish for launching an EC2 instance. Much appreciated!

[johnmamodu]

This is Amazing...awesome video, very easy to follow through. Thank you TTT

[kevs]

Today I am exited to say that with this video I finally understand the basic concept of why we use EC2 in AWS my current job also uses something similar but with google and wow its amazing to understand more deeply how you computer is set up, thank you for this video! 😁

[presstv]

Thanks TTT, I enjoyed it. I'm going to watch rest of your AWS tutorials in coming days.

[babylonian]

Very good and simple to understand, thanks a lot

[AmarGlen]

You have explained it extremely well, teaching is all about how you approach a subject. You really took me for a drive. Wondering if you have any full course on AWS that can help beginners to pursue certifications and become AWS cloud professionals?