Amazon EC2

Get an overview of the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and its core concepts.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a resizable cloud computing capacity. It allows users to run virtual servers, known as instances, for various computing tasks. EC2 offers a secure, flexible, and scalable solution, enabling businesses to easily deploy, manage, and scale applications without investing in physical hardware.

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EC2 offers other benefits besides being a flexible computing capacity. It allows us to deploy instances in multiple Availability Zones (AZs) within a Region in combination with different services, such as an elastic load balancer and an auto scaling group, to offer high availability within a Region. In this lesson, we’ll learn the core concepts of EC2.

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Architecture diagram: EC2 instances deployed in multiple AZs
Architecture diagram: EC2 instances deployed in multiple AZs

Core concepts

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