Are you tired of dealing with slow servers or limited resources? Introducing the world of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and their magical cloud computing service called EC2!

To kick things off, let’s create an account on AWS if you haven’t already done so. Don’t worry, it’s free to sign up for a basic tier that includes one virtual machine with limited resources (which is perfect for our purposes). Once you’re in, navigate to the EC2 dashboard and click “Launch Instance”. ️

Now comes the fun part: choosing your instance type. AWS offers a variety of options depending on your needs, but let’s go with the classic t2.micro for our tutorial. This is a free tier eligible instance that provides you with one virtual CPU and 1GB of memory. Perfect for running basic Linux workloads!

Next up: selecting an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). An AMI is essentially a pre-configured operating system image that includes software packages, libraries, and other tools to help get your environment set up quickly. For our purposes, we’ll choose the Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS AMI. This version of Linux is stable, secure, and widely supported in the open-source community.

Now that you have selected your instance type and AMI, it’s time to launch! AWS will take care of provisioning your virtual machine for you, which can take a few minutes depending on your location and network speed. Once your instance is ready, navigate to its details page and connect via SSH using the terminal or PuTTY (if you prefer a GUI).

Congratulations! You now have access to your very own Linux server in the cloud. From here, you can install additional software packages, configure network settings, and perform other administrative tasks as needed. And best of all, since this is an AWS-managed service, you don’t need to worry about hardware maintenance or upgrades they take care of that for you!