Click Sign in to the Console (top-right corner). This will open another page where you will Create a New AWS Account.
Step 3
Fill in the required fields for the account root user email address and AWS account name.
Step 4
You will be sent a verification code for the AWS account that expires after 10 minutes.
Step 5
You will need to enter the root user password.
Step 6
In Contact Information, select the account type Personal, fill in the required information, and click the checkbox to agree to the AWS Customer Agreement.
Click Create Account and Continue once you have entered the required information.
Step 7
Fill in the required payment information and click Verify and Add to continue.
Step 8
Add your phone number and complete the security form to receive a verification code via text message.
Click Send SMS to continue.
Step 9
Enter the verification code.
Step 10
Select the Basic Plan.
Step 11
On the welcome page that appears, you can sign in to your account via the Go to the AWS Management Console.
Task 2: Create a New EC2 Instance
Step 1
Sign in to the AWS console using the email address and password you used to create the account in Task 1.
If prompted for Root user or IAM user, choose Root user.
Step 2
Once logged in, use the new console and select Switch to the new Console Home.
Step 3
In the console at the top, click on Services to access a dropdown menu and type EC2 in the search bar.
Click on the EC2 to get to the EC2 Dashboard.
Step 4
In the EC2 dashboard, click the Launch Instance dropdown menu and select Launch Instance.
Step 5
n the search type Windows 2016, then select the Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Base Amazon Machine Image (AMI).
Confirm that it is labeled Free tier eligible and click Select.
Note: You may need to confirm the change.
Step 6
Go to Key pair and select Create new key pair. You will input the name for your pem or ppk file.
After you will click on Create key pair.
Step 7
Make sure to save and store the Key pair file. You will use it later for RDP connection to the server.
Step 8
Afterward check the Network settings and change the RDP traffic to your IP address.
Step 9
Now initiate Launch instance which is found on the right side under Summary.
The instance will begin and you should receive a success with your instance id message.
Near the bottom of the screen, click on View all instances.
Task 3: Connect to the Instance via RDP
Step 1
Right-click the instance and select Connect.
Step 2
In the Connect to Your Instance window, click Download Remote Desktop File and save the file to your computer.
Remember where you saved it.
After you download the file, click Get Password.
Step 3
In the Connect to your instance > Get Password window, for Key Pair Path, click Browse and navigate to the key pair file that you downloaded.
This file was made in Lab task 3, step 1 (file extension .pem).
Then click Decrypt Password.
Step 4
4 After decrypting the password, the administrator account in the Windows 2016 AWS host that you created will now be visible.
Copy the password to a text file on your computer.
Note: Your public DNS name will be different than the one listed below, since it is unique for each AWS instance.
Step 5
To launch a remote desktop connection to your AWS instance (while the instance is running), double-click the RDP file you downloaded in step 4.
You will be prompted to enter the credentials for the administrator account using the password from step 7.
Notes:
When you first log into your AWS Windows instance, the setup process will take a few minutes to complete. You may experience a black screen for up to 5 minutes.
Congratulations! You are now logged into your Windows 2016 EC2 instance in AWS!
Step 7
Important: Turn off the instance by going back to the instance menu in Task 4, step 1; right-clicking the instance; and selecting Instance State -> Stop.