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How to create Ubuntu 24.0.4 EC2 instance in AWS console?

What is EC2 instance? 

It is virtual server provided by AWS. EC2 instances can be used to setup both Jenkins and Tomcat. Please follow the below steps to create an EC2 instance.

Pre-requisites:

• AWS account setup configured

Steps:

1: Login to AWS console by clicking this link -->  https://aws.amazon.com/console/

click on All services, Click on Compute -->  Click on EC2

2. Click on Launch instance

3. Enter Name as EC2 and enter 2 as number of instances (one for Jenkins and another for Tomcat)

4. Select Ubuntu 

5. choose Ubuntu server 24.0.4 as AMI

6. Enter t2.small as instance type

7. Click on Create new Key Pair

8. Choose the existing key pair if you have one already from the drop down, otherwise create new one, give some name as myEC2Key. Make sure you download the key in your local machine. Please do NOT give space or any character while naming the key.

9. Under Network settings, Click Edit

Add port range as 8080 and select AnyWhere as Source Type, that should enter 0.0.0.0/0 as Source

10. Enter 10 GB as storage 

And then make sure in Summary, values appear as below:

11. Click on Launch Instance.

Click on View instances

Now you should be able to view instances in AWS console. Now you can re-name as Jenkins-EC2 and Tomcat-EC2

Watch Steps in YouTube channel:

Connect to EC2 instance from local machine:
Please click the below link to understand the steps for connecting to EC2 instance from your local machine - windows or Apple laptop.

http://www.cidevops.com/2018/02/how-to-connect-to-ec2-instance-from.html