What is EC2 good for?

You can use Amazon EC2 to launch as many or as few virtual servers as you need, configure security and networking, and manage storage. Amazon EC2 enables you to scale up or down to handle changes in requirements or spikes in popularity, reducing your need to forecast traffic.

How can I make my AWS server faster?

Deliver Content Faster

1. Step 1: Prepare Your Content. In this step, we will upload sample static content to an Amazon S3 bucket.
2. Step 2: Enter the CloudFront Console.
3. Step 3: Configure a Web Distribution.
4. Step 4: Create a Distribution.
5. Step 5: Test Your Link.
6. Step 6: Disable Your Distribution.

How do I find my EC2 instance configuration?

By running AWS CLI commands. First, you can use the list-discovered-resources command to get a list of all hosts and instances. Then, you can use the get-resource-config-history command to get the configuration details of a host or instance for a specific time interval.

What is AWS EC2 and why should you use it?

By using AWS EC2 helps users to avoid the investment in hardware up front, so the user can deploy and develop applications easier. It is used to launch many virtual servers, configure networking and security, and managing storage.

How do I set up an Amazon EC2 instance?

In your EC2 instance, configure network and security access. Select Amazon EC2 instance types you need, then monitor, start and terminate instances how much your AMI needed. Determine if you want to run instances on multiple locations, attach block storage or use static IP endpoints to your EC2 instances.

What happens when I launch an AWS instance?

After you launch an instance, it looks like a traditional host, and you can interact with it as you would any computer. You have complete control of your instances; you can use sudo to run commands that require root privileges. Your AWS account has a limit on the number of instances that you can have running.

How can I secure an EC2 instance with an AMI?

Security baselines can be baked into an AMI, bootstrapped dynamically when an EC2 instance is launched, or packaged as a product for uniform distribution through AWS Service Catalog portfolios. For more information on securing an AMI, see Best Practices for Building an AMI .