What is Amazon EC2?
Amazon Cloud Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides scalable computing power in the cloud of Amazon Web Services (AWS) services. Using Amazon EC2 eliminates the need to invest in equipment in advance, so you can quickly develop and deploy applications. You can use Amazon EC2 to run as many virtual servers as you need, to set up security, networks, and storage management. The Amazon EC2 application allows you to move up or down to overcome demand changes or rising popularity, reducing the need to anticipate traffic.
Features of Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 offers the following features:
Virtualization environments known as instances
Pre-configured templates for your instances, known as Amazon Machine Images (AMI), which pack the bits for your server (including the operating system and add-ons)
Different CPU configurations, memory, storage, and network capability for your instances, known as instance types
Secure information to enter your instances using the main pairs (AWS stores the public key, and the private key is stored in a safe place)
Temporary data storage volumes that are deleted when the instance is turned off or turned off, known as volume volumes.
Static storage volumes for your data using the Amazon Block Block Store, known as Amazon EBS volume
Multiple physical locations for your resources, such as Amazon EBS instances and repositories, known as regions and availability areas
Firewall Allows you to specify which protocols, ports, and source IP ranges can access your instances by using security groups
Static IPv4 addresses for dynamic cloud computing, known as flexible IP addresses
Metadata, known as tags, that you can create and customize for Amazon EC2 resources
Virtual networks that you can create, which are logically isolated from the rest of the AWS cloud, in which you can also connect to your own network, known as Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Access to Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 provides a Web-based user interface, the AWS EC2 console. If you register an AWS account, you can access the Amazon EC2 controller by logging into the AWS management console and selecting EC2 on the console home page.
If you prefer to use the command-line interface, you have the following options:
AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
Provides commands for a wide range of AWS products and is supported on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. See the AWS CLI user get started guide to . For more information about Amazon EC2 commands, see Ec2 in the AWS command line command reference.
AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
Provides commands for a wide range of AWS products for those running scripts in PowerShell. For beginners, see the AWS Tools User Guide for Windows PowerShell. For more information about Amazon EC2 cmdlets, see the AWS Tools for PowerShell cmdlet reference.
Amazon EC2 offers API queries. These requests are HTTP or HTTPS requests that use HTTP GET or POST statements and a Query parameter called Action. For more information about Amazon EC2 APIs, see the Procedures section of the Amazon EC2 API Reference.
If you prefer to create applications using a language-specific API instead of sending a request over HTTP or HTTPS, AWS provides the libraries, code model, tutorials, and other resources for developers. These libraries provide basic functions that automate tasks such as signing encryption for your requests, repeating requests, and handling error responses, making it easier for you to get started. See the AWS SDK and Tools section for more information.
Amazon Cloud Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides scalable computing power in the cloud of Amazon Web Services (AWS) services. Using Amazon EC2 eliminates the need to invest in equipment in advance, so you can quickly develop and deploy applications. You can use Amazon EC2 to run as many virtual servers as you need, to set up security, networks, and storage management. The Amazon EC2 application allows you to move up or down to overcome demand changes or rising popularity, reducing the need to anticipate traffic.
Features of Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 offers the following features:
Virtualization environments known as instances
Pre-configured templates for your instances, known as Amazon Machine Images (AMI), which pack the bits for your server (including the operating system and add-ons)
Different CPU configurations, memory, storage, and network capability for your instances, known as instance types
Secure information to enter your instances using the main pairs (AWS stores the public key, and the private key is stored in a safe place)
Temporary data storage volumes that are deleted when the instance is turned off or turned off, known as volume volumes.
Static storage volumes for your data using the Amazon Block Block Store, known as Amazon EBS volume
Multiple physical locations for your resources, such as Amazon EBS instances and repositories, known as regions and availability areas
Firewall Allows you to specify which protocols, ports, and source IP ranges can access your instances by using security groups
Static IPv4 addresses for dynamic cloud computing, known as flexible IP addresses
Metadata, known as tags, that you can create and customize for Amazon EC2 resources
Virtual networks that you can create, which are logically isolated from the rest of the AWS cloud, in which you can also connect to your own network, known as Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
Access to Amazon EC2
Amazon EC2 provides a Web-based user interface, the AWS EC2 console. If you register an AWS account, you can access the Amazon EC2 controller by logging into the AWS management console and selecting EC2 on the console home page.
If you prefer to use the command-line interface, you have the following options:
AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)
Provides commands for a wide range of AWS products and is supported on Windows, Mac and Linux systems. See the AWS CLI user get started guide to . For more information about Amazon EC2 commands, see Ec2 in the AWS command line command reference.
AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
Provides commands for a wide range of AWS products for those running scripts in PowerShell. For beginners, see the AWS Tools User Guide for Windows PowerShell. For more information about Amazon EC2 cmdlets, see the AWS Tools for PowerShell cmdlet reference.
Amazon EC2 offers API queries. These requests are HTTP or HTTPS requests that use HTTP GET or POST statements and a Query parameter called Action. For more information about Amazon EC2 APIs, see the Procedures section of the Amazon EC2 API Reference.
If you prefer to create applications using a language-specific API instead of sending a request over HTTP or HTTPS, AWS provides the libraries, code model, tutorials, and other resources for developers. These libraries provide basic functions that automate tasks such as signing encryption for your requests, repeating requests, and handling error responses, making it easier for you to get started. See the AWS SDK and Tools section for more information.
