To boot the Instance:(*Instances are Server images)

Step1:
Sign up for AWS, Ec2, S3,

aws.amazon.com/ec2/
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*Amazon Machine Images(AMIs)

Search for publicly available instances.

Select the desired instance.

Copy the AMI ID (Amazon Machine Image ID) to clipboard
eg: AMI ID: ami-9b3cd8f2


Step2:

Goto
aws.amazon.com/ec2/--> Your Account--> Access Identifiers (*) Click-->

1) Copy the Access key ID to notepad & save

2) Generate new Secret Access key &Copy the Secret Access key ID to notepad & save

3) X.509 Certificate--> Generate new certificate--> Download --> Upload the downloaded certificate.

Step3:

Download Elastic Fox plug-in for Firefox Browser to access Ec2.

http://s3.amazonaws.com

/ec2-downloads/elasticfox.xpi

Install-->Restart Browser.

1) Credentials:

Click credentials button--> Give Account Id(Generally Username

Given)

--> Access Key ID ----------------- (Saved in step2)

--> SecretAccessKey Id------------ (Saved in step2)

--> Click Add--> Close

After giving these info ElasticFox

authenticates and loads all instances into the browser.

2) Security Group:

Security Group tab--> (+) Click to add Security options

eg: Allowed incoming IP,Protocols,Ports etc,..

*Give a Group Name & Simple

description.-->Create Group

3) Keypair:

Keypairs tab--> (/) Click to create

a new key pair.-->Give a name for

Keypair-->OK

For Server Authentication.

Save the key file to local system.

Types of Instances:

Small - 32 bit platform

Large - 64 bit platform

Extra Large - 64 bit platform

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Step5:

AIM's & Instance Tab--> Select the

needed instance-->(Right Click)

Launch instance(s) of

AMI-->Select keypair-->Select

Security Groups to Lauch in

tab-->Launch(takes few mins to boot)

*Search box can be used to Search the instance, or give the Searched instance AMI ID to boot.

Step6:

For Windows instances:

->Your Instances Tab--> Select Instance (Right Click)->Show Console Output.Wait till the message Windows is Ready,

->Select Instance (Right Click)->Get Administrator Password-->Copy to clipboard->OK-->open notepad->paste & save,

->Select Instance (Right Click)->Connect to public DNS->Remote desktop connection is established, Login with the password.

For Linux:

->Convert the (keypair).pem file to .ppk using puttyGen.

->Select Instance (Right Click)->Connect to public DNS->Putty logs in as root,