Amazon EC2 Fundamentals
1h 24mBeginner2020-05-11
Authors

Shyam Raj
Technical Instructor, Network and Cloud Guru
Course details
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud. This course describes the fundamentals of this web service. Get introduced to the features of Amazon EC2, find out where it is available, and explore purchasing options based on instance preference: reserved, scheduled, spot, or dedicated. Learn how to work with AMI (Amazon Machine Image), how to launch an instance, and how to connect to an instance using Linux, Mac, or Windows.
Topics include:
Choosing an AWS region
EC2 basics
EC2 features
Security groups
Instance family, class, and size
Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
Launching an EC2 instance
Connecting from Linux, Mac, or Windows
Topics include:
Choosing an AWS region
EC2 basics
EC2 features
Security groups
Instance family, class, and size
Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
Launching an EC2 instance
Connecting from Linux, Mac, or Windows
Skills covered
Amazon EC2AmazonCloud ServicesCloud ComputingOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Introduction
1. Understanding Amazon EC2
- 02 - AWS free tier
- 03 - What is Amazon EC2
- 04 - AWS regions and availability zones
- 05 - Picking the right region - Best practices
2. What Makes Up an EC2 Instance
- 06 - What makes up an EC2 instance
- 07 - Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
- 08 - Instance family, class, and size
- 09 - Virtual private cloud (VPC) and subnets
- 10 - Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) and root device volumes
- 11 - Security groups
- 12 - Demo - Security groups
- 13 - Key pairs
3. Launching an EC2 Instance
- 14 - Launching an EC2 instance - Deep dive
- 15 - Viewing instance information
- 16 - Connect to Linux instance from Linux or Mac
- 17 - Connect to Linux instance from Windows
- 18 - Connect to Windows instance from Linux, Mac, or Windows
- 19 - Changing the instance password