Lecture 12: Cloud
Computing-C
• Amazon Web Service Tutorial
Linux OS Info
• This is a step-by-step visual guide
to using AWS
• Use this as a companion guide
when you do your lab, BUT…
• …MAKE SURE YOU
UNDERSTAND WHAT’S GOING
ON
Steps
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Sign up for an AWS account
Sign in
Go to AWS Maintenance Console
Create an instance
Login to that instance
Do fun things
Logout
DELETE THAT INSTANCE
1. Sign Up For An Account
• NEED TO DO THIS
2. Sign In
• Return to http://aws.amazon.com/
• Returning user
3. AWS Management
Console
• Here’s your home screen
• Click on “AWS Management
Console”
3. AWS Management
Console
• Here’s another screen, but it’s not
AWS Management Console yet
• Sign in…
4. EC2 Cloud
• This allows us access to all our
services
• All we care about is the EC2 cloud
5. Amazon EC2 Console
Dashboard
• This is our interface to the cloud
• Let’s make an instance of a VM
6. Create An Instance
• The following goes through the
wizard
• Let’s choose the ‘classic wizard’
6. Create An Instance
• We need to pick an Amazon
Machine Instance (AMI)
• This is the selection of the OS that
we’re choosing to run
– This is the basic setup
– We will configure our OS after boot
• Configure network
• Make users/groups
• Install packages
6. Create An Instance
6. Create An Instance
• You get this screen…
6. Create An Instance
• Number of VMs to make
6. Create An Instance
• Type of hardware
6. Create An Instance
• “Give me my machine(s) now”
6. Create An Instance
• Many AWS machines sit idle
– They make no money when they’re idle
• AWS allows you to pay a lower price
for these idle machines
• You set a price, and if you’re the
“high bidder” at the time, it’s your
machine to use
– WARNING: Someone else can outbid you
at any time and kick your processes off
the machine!
6. Create An Instance
• So, let’s pick “Launch Instance”
6. Create An Instance
• Wait for these to be filled out…
6. Create An Instance
• …then click continue
6. Create An Instance
• We COULD have selected:
– …a particular kernel setup
– …a particular ramdisk
• For our class, let’s leave those
alone for now
• Moving on…
6. Create An Instance
• We could change our storage
devices…but let’s not
6. Create An Instance
• “Tags” are like AWS’s
environmental variables
– NOT really an EV inside the OS!
• We can keep track of details about
our (multiple) instances/VMs
6. Create An Instance
• Fill out K/V pair based on lab
• Hit Continue
6. Create An Instance
• Authentication key pairs
– Work just like our SSH lab
6. Create An Instance
• “Security group” is just how your
machine is configured wrt
security
6. Create An Instance
• Review your settings
• If happy, click “launch”
6. Create An Instance
• My machine is being set up
– Note the instance ID!
– You’ll need it if you have multiple
instances running
6. Creating An Instance
• In a moment, your instance will be
ready
• As soon as it’s up, your
“processing time” starts
– …even if you’re not logged in!
• Do NOT let a machine sit idle
– When you’re done, make sure you
TERMINATE THE INSTANCE
6. Creating An Instance
• Hit ‘refresh’
6. Create An Instance
• Notice he’s running now
– May take a minute depending on config
7. View Your Instance
• Click one to see your instance
7. View Your Instance
• Here it is!
7. View Your Instance
• Click on instance, and then find
“public DNS” in details below
8. Connect To Instance
8. Connect To Instance
• Pick how you want to connect
8. Connect To Instance
• We’re now connected to our VM
9. Do Your Thing
10. Terminate Instance
• Choose an Instance Action of
“Terminate”
10. Terminate Instance
• Confirm the termination
11. Verify Termination
• If you didn’t terminate, you’re still
being billed!!!
Wrap Up
• This was a GUIDE to running AWS
• Your lab procedure will be slightly
different than this
• If all you do is follow this guide,
your lab grade will be quite low…
– …and you will have deserved it