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Running VMs in the cloud:AWS Virtualization for Beginners

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a cloud computing platform built by Amazon, and it is the biggest cloud computing platform in the world. Buying expensive physical servers and setting them up manually, and maintaining them is one of the most difficult things to do in the world because of the costs and other reasons, but Amazon Web Services allows us to rent powerful virtual machines in just a few setups and also allows testing and offers loads of services.
It is basically having a data centre right in front of you. I can assure you that before the end of this article, you will be able to set up your virtualisation and start some magic.

The steps are as follows:

1. Creating an AWS account 

  First things first, you'll need an account.
  Go on [https://aws.amazon.com]
  Click "Create an AWS account"
  Fill in your details, including email, password, and payment methods (Free Trials are available )
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2. Getting access to the AWS Management Console 

  After signing up, you'll land in the AWS Management Console. 
  Make use of the search bar to find the different services AWS offers.
  Click on EC2, located at the top, as that is the service we will use for Virtualisation.
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3. Launch an EC2 Instance, which is your virtual server

3. Name the Server the name you want to save it as 

  Choose an AMI, i.e the operating system (I chose Ubuntu Server)
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Pick your instance type 

  Create or select a key pair to connect to
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  Choose your network settings and configure your storage
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Click on "Connect your EC2 instance "


To run locally on your device, follow the instructions

To use the environment on the website, click on connect to and make sure the select the program you want to run.

After clicking connect, the environment would look like this, and you would be ready to begin your magic.

After working, make sure you terminate to avoid getting charged. Click on instance states and select the AMI you want to terminate.

Thanks for reading, and I'll be posting the steps to follow when you want to use the VM locally on your devices. Watch out for my next post.

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