Experiment with Symmetric Cryptography

Starting an EC2 Instance

To start an EC2 Linux instance, log in to

your AWS Educate classroom and open

the AWS console.

Navigate to the EC2 dashboard and click

Launch instance as shown below.

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Select the Amazon Linux 2 AMI 64-bit

image.

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Before launching, you will walk through

several steps to configure the EC2

instance. In most cases you can accept

the default values. However, be sure to

select the t.2 micro free-tier and then

click Review and Launch. Free-tier

eligible are generally denoted in green.

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The next screen will display the

configuration selections. Review these

and then click Launch.

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Prior to launching, you will be asked to

select or create a new key pair. AWS key

pairs are actual public-private key pairs

generated by AWS. Create a new key

pair, name it, and then download the

private key to your system. Be sure to

protect that private key.

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Once the private key has been saved to

your desktop, click Launch Instances.

You can review the status of your

instance creation at any time by

navigating to the EC2 Instance

Dashboard and selecting Instances. Once

the instance is ready, the Instance State

column will display "running" and the

Status Checks column will display "2/2

checks passed."

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