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AWS Cloud Compute: Creating, Connecting Instances, and Sample HTML Webpage. In the previous blog post, I provided an overview of what AWS Cloud Computing is, what services were offered/provided, advantages of AWS and getting your account started. In this post, I will demonstrate how to get started with Cloud Compute (EC2), demonstrate how to create an EC2 instance, connect to it and deploy it! Creating an EC2 Instance We'll start off by creating an EC2 instance which is basically a virtual machine in the cloud. You must first sign in to AWS as demonstrated in the last blog post. 1. Once signed in head over to the search bar and type in " EC2 " and click on the service 2. Click on "Launch Instance" button 3. Select an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). For this demonstration, I will choose the default "Amazon Linux" 4. Choose an instance type. For this demonstration I will leave it as the "t2.micro instance" which is the eligible for the AWS Free Tie...

What is AWS Cloud Computing?

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What is AWS Cloud Computing? AWS Cloud Computing is a cloud service from Amazon which offers ranges of IT services to help store, process and manage data. It can create and launch any type of application in the cloud. This service was launched by Amazon in 2006 and has been the most popular and used Cloud Computing platform. Generally, AWS Cloud used in a wide range of industries and by millions of customers worldwide. This includes, startups, small to medium-sized businesses and large enterprises. For industries it is beneficially used in healthcare, finance, e-commerce, and plenty more of other businesses. Types of Cloud Computing and Deployment Models Essentially, there are three main types of of cloud computing services: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS):  This service provides virtualized computing resources such as servers, storage, and networking. IaaS can be used to create and manage virtual machines, operating systems (OS) and applications. Platform as a Service ...