Lab Steps

• Start a Tech Journal for SYS-360 - and take notes on how to access the Sandbox as you go!
• Access the AWS Academy Cloud Foundations – Sandbox: Start Lab and submit screenshots of the following
  • Output of " aws sts get-caller-identity" from AWS terminal (command prompt within lab)
  • Screenshot of AWS Console from Sandbox (click AWS button)
• From within the AWS Console - Launch an EC2 Instance
  • Name it using your name
  • Settings: Amazon Linux, t2.micro free tier, Default key pair (vockey), and ...
    • Create new Security group that allows Inbound SSH for anywhere
  • It will take a few minutes to initialize
  • Screenshot of AWS console showing instance running
• SSH to Instance
• Review the Accessing EC2 Instance steps in the Sandbox Environment lab - access and download the key file as a .pem (not .ppk as the Windows section instructs- that works with Putty) Use powershell and use the "Linux - Using SSH Connect" section as a guide (even though you are on Windows. You do NOT need to chmod in Windows.
  • Submit Screenshot of successful SSH access through powershell

Screenshots

• Screenshot of AWS Console from Sandbox

• Screenshot of output from " aws sts get-caller-identity" from terminal

• Screenshot of AWS console showing instance running

• Screenshot of successful SSH access through powershell