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====== Getting Started Part 1: Amazon EC2 ======

===== Setting up your Amazon EC2 instance =====

Visit Amazon Web Services and create an account https://aws.amazon.com/ You will have to put credit card details in, but you won't be charged for your first year if you select a product in the free tier (the free tier has an adequate server for what we'll need, just don't create a second one).\\
I have [[https://peertube.armchairscientist.co.uk/videos/watch/e5ff67cd-2b73-4a60-9fdd-abc0c474211b|a video here that takes you through it]]. Only the first 3 minutes or so are relevant. Remember to change your server location to Europe/London.\\
Get logged in to the AWS site to you see your username beside the bell icon. Hit the orange button "Sign in to console"
  * In the top-right of the nav bar left of "Support" is a region, click this to change your region to EU e.g. Ireland
  * In the top-left of the nav bar click **Services** then **EC2**, or search for EC2 in the search bar.
  * Click **Launch Instance**
  * Select **Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS, 64-bit (x86)**
  * Choose the **General Purpose t2.micro** option (it should say "Free tier eligible" in green)
  * Click **Review and Launch**, then **Launch**

It may take a few minutes for Amazon to approve your launch request\\
You'll be asked to set up a key pair and save it to your machine.  Select **Create a new pair** and hit **Continue**.  It's important you don't lose this file or you'll lose whatever is in your EC2 instance and will have to launch a new one.\\
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Now we should add security rules so when we make the web pages they will be accessible by anyone with a browser.

==== Security ====
In the navigation pane choose Security Groups. Select Create Security Group.\\
Give it a name and a description.\\
Click Add Rule.\\
Enter the following rule settings:
|Type| HTTP|
|Protocol| TCP|
|Port range| 80|
|Source| anywhere|
Click Create.

Then we need to assign that rule to our server instance.\\
Back in the side menu select Instances.\\
Tick your instance.\\
Go to Actions > Networking > Change Security Groups.\\
Tick your security group and Apply.\\
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You should now be able to connect to your instance.

Make sure you **DON'T** disable the existing ticked Security Groups (those are the ones that let you SSH into the server) i.e. install-wizard.

==== On Mac/Linux ====
Mac and Linux systems have builtin OpenSSH tools to connect to your server:
<code>ssh -i youridentifyfile.pem ubuntu@your_server_ip</code>

**Having trouble with permissions or accessing the PEM file?**  Further information [[creating_an_ssh_shortcut|is here]]

==== On Windows ====
There are some extra steps needed to convert your PEM file to something compatible with PuTTY if you are using Windows. There are some [[https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/convert-pem-file-into-ppk/|instructions for that here]]

Download putty here: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ \\
For simplicity, download the executables under “Alternative binary files”\\
The main program “putty.exe” 32-bit\\
And the key converter utility “puttygen.exe”\\
The MSI installer is more customisable but fiddly. \\
Another [[https://youtu.be/bi7ow5NGC-U|video guide]] to both converting and connecting

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Now move on to the [[getting_started_part_2|next set of instructions]] to set up a web and database server.
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