Step-by-Step Guide to Deploying an EC2 Instance on AWS and Connecting it to Your Computer

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Step-by-Step Guide to Deploying an EC2 Instance on AWS and Connecting it to Your Computer
  1. Go to the instances present under EC2 services on AWS

  2. choose a name

  3. Choose an OS image you want to launch on your instance

  4. Create a new key pair and save it to your local

  5. Under network setting leave all as default

  6. Leave all the settings as default and click on launch instance

  7. Congrats! You've created an instance

  8. Go to the instances now and wait for your instance to start running

  9. Click on instance ID and copy the public IPv4 address

  10. Now open a terminal on your local and run the command

    chmod 400 <Path-to-your-key-pair-file>
    
    ssh -i <Path-to-your-key-pair-file> <OS-image-name>@<your-copied-public-IPv4-address>
    

    congrats! you are now connected to the instance you have created on AWS

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