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[Super beginner] Let's create an EC2 instance using the AWS free tier!

2019.07.02

Infrastructure related

table of contents

1 What is AWS Free Tier?
2 Notes on the free tier
3 Create an EC2 instance
4 summary

How are you feeling?

My name is Hamada from the System Solutions Department.

This time, we will introduce how to create an instance with the representative service "EC2" using the AWS free tier.

What is AWS Free Tier?

If you use AWS regularly, you will be charged a fee based on the amount of time you use it, as it is a pay-as-you-go fee.
With the free tier, you can use it for up to one year depending on the usage time and conditions provided.

Please see below for details on the account creation process and free tier.

AWS account creation process

AWS Cloud Free Tier

Notes on the free tier

As you can see from the AWS cloud free usage tier above, for example, with EC2 or RDS, you can use up to 750 hours per month with the specified instance type.

However, it is not always free, and after 12 months, it changes to the standard price.

*Some services may always be available for free.

Create an EC2 instance

First, create an EC2 instance.

From the AWS Management Console, select EC2 under Services → Computing.

Confirm that the region in the upper right corner is Tokyo, and click Create Instance.

This time we will choose Amazon Linux 2.

For the instance type, select t2.micro, which is eligible for the free tier.

There is a button called Configure Instance Details, and if you go there you can configure detailed settings such as network, storage, security, tags, etc.

I will omit it this time.

Finally, check the contents and start it.

Create and download a key pair for SSH connection.

Please keep the key pair file in a safe place.

If you check the dashboard, you will see that it is activated.

This time, the IP address is hidden, but if you select an instance on the dashboard screen, detailed items will be displayed.

Now let's actually make an SSH connection from the client.

This time we will use software called Teraterm.

Teraterm is software for making SSH connections on Windows.

I will omit the details, but I would appreciate it if you could refer to the link below.

[Understanding from scratch] Installing and using Teraterm

By default, a user called ec2-user is created, so enter it as the user name.

Don't forget to refer to the key file using the private key.

You have successfully logged in!

summary

What did you think?

This time, we introduced the creation of an EC2 instance as an introduction.

There are so many things you can do with the free tier, and it's a waste of time as a learning environment. (lol)

If you have never used AWS or want to try it out, please take this opportunity to take advantage of the free tier!

It will be convenient to use AWS services from now on! I'm going to write more and more articles about what I think!

If you found this article helpful , please give it a like!

[2025.6.30 Amazon Linux 2 support ended] Amazon Linux server migration solution

The person who wrote this article

About the author

Makahata Hamada

Joined the company in 2019 as a new graduate.
While doing operations and maintenance, I am working hard to become a full stack engineer.
His hobby is darts. His goal is to become a pro!

My career as an engineer began by posing a problem to myself, and what I learned from it I took a business voice training course for the first time in my life [in-house training]