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Create an EC2 instance

Create an EC2 instance

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Create an EC2 instance

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- [Instructor] So now that we've laid all of the groundwork, let's go ahead and take a look at what's involved in creating an EC2 instance. So as you can see, I'm in the EC2 dashboard and I'm going to click on Instances, and this is where we would see a list of any instances that currently exist. Right now we don't have any, so I'm going to click Launch instances. So now we're taking to the launch an instance screen, and the first thing that you see is an opportunity to name or tag your instance. I'm not going to worry about assigning a name because the name is optional. In the real world, it's a good idea to assign a name, but the reason why I'm not naming this particular instance is because there's another video later on in this chapter that deals with naming an instance. So I'm going to scroll down, and the next thing that we have is the application and OS images. This is where you choose the operating system that's going to run on the instance. So because this course is all about…

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