Ec2 setup with python tutorial

certainly! amazon ec2 (elastic compute cloud) allows you to rent virtual servers in the cloud to run applications. below, i’ll provide you with an informative tutorial on setting up an ec2 instance and using python to interact with it. this will include launching an ec2 instance, connecting to it, and running a simple python script.

### prerequisites

### step 1: set up aws cli

1. open your terminal or command prompt.
2. configure the aws cli using the following command:



you will be prompted to enter your aws access key id, secret access key, region, and output format.

### step 2: launch an ec2 instance

you can launch an ec2 instance using either the aws management console or the aws cli. here, we'll use the cli for automation.

1. **choose an ami**: for this example, we will use amazon linux 2.

3. **launch the instance**:

create a new key pair (e.g., `my-key-pair`) to connect to your instance. save the `.pem` file securely.

run the following command to launch the instance:



replace the `--security-group-ids` with the id of a security group that allows ssh access (port 22).

4. **get the instance id**: after running the command, you will receive json output with details about your instance, including the instance id (e.g., `i-0abcdef1234567890`).

### step 3: connect to your ec2 instance

1. **find the public ip**: you can find the public ip of your instance using:



2. **connect v ...

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