AWS EC2 - Elastic Compute Cloud Explained
Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is one of the most popular AWS services that provides virtual servers (called instances ) in the cloud. You can launch Linux or Windows machines on demand, deploy your applications, and pay only for the compute power you use. What is EC2? EC2 is a cloud service that lets you create and manage virtual servers. These servers come with CPU, RAM, storage, and networking capabilities like a physical machine, but without owning any hardware. You can launch, scale, or delete instances within seconds. AWS even provides free-tier eligible instances (like t2.micro or t3.micro ) for the first 12 months, making it perfect for beginners. Why use EC2 instead of physical servers? No hardware purchase or maintenance Launch servers in minutes Scale up or down instantly Pay only while the instance is running Highly reliable and secure AWS infrastructure Key EC2 Concepts: AMI, Instance Type, Key Pair, Security Group 1. AMI (Amazon Mach...