AWS EC2 Instance with the Console: Manually Creating is a Great Way to Learn How Things Work

AWS EC2 Instance with the Console: Manually Creating is a Great Way to Learn How Things Work

December 14, 2021

We'll build an EC2 instance with the AWS Console. We'll cover the common settings that you can configure the EC2 instance with. We'll also cover the user data script and show you how to can customize the EC2 instance when the instance is first launched. We'll confirm everything is logging into the instance.

Useful system files on the EC2 instance:

  • /var/lib/cloud/instance/user-data.txt
  • /var/log/cloud-init-output.log

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