Manage EC2 Instance with AWS CLI

In this project, we’ll learn to create and manage Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and security groups using the AWS command-line interface. We’ll deploy a Flask application on an EC2 instance and access it with public DNS.

You will learn to:

Manage new key pairs in AWS using CLI.

Manage Amazon EC2 instances.

Run the Amazon EC2 instance, and access it from your local machine.

Deploy a Flask application on Amazon EC2 instance, and access it with public DNS.

Skills

Cloud Deployment

Web Frameworks

Web Development

Prerequisites

Basic understanding of Flask

Fundamental understanding of AWS networking

Basic understanding of EC2 resources

An AWS account

Technologies

Flask

Python

Project Description

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a computing capacity that is secure and scalable in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. We use Amazon EC2 to eliminate the need to purchase hardware upfront. This allows us to develop and deploy applications more quickly.

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) enables us to create a logically isolated section of the AWS Cloud from which we can launch AWS resources in a defined virtual network. The pricing details of using Amazon EC2 are given here.

In this project, we’ll use a key pair value, a security group, a VPC, and subnets. We’ll also make an EC2 instance using Amazon Machine Image (AMI). Ultimately, we’ll copy data from our local machine to the cloud to deploy a Flask application over the instance. The Flask application will be accessible using a public DNS/IP address.

Project Tasks

Get Started

Task 0: Introduction

Task 1: Configuration

EC2

Task 2: List All the Key Pairs

Task 3: Create a New Key Pair

Task 4: List All the VPCs

Task 5: List all Security Groups

Task 6: Create Subnets

Task 7: Enable Public IPv4 Address for the Subnet

Task 8: Add New Inbound Rules

Task 9: List all EC2 Instances

Task 10: Run EC2 Instance

Task 11: Describe EC2 Instance

Task 12: Copy Data from the Local Machine to the EC2 Instance

Task 13: Log in to Instance Using SSH

Task 14: Install Packages

Task 15: Run Flask Application

Task 16: Clean Up

Congratulations!

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