Create EC2 instance

Create EC2 instance

In this step, you will create two virtual machines in two Public Subnet 2 of two VPC. This exercise will assume that you are familiar with the EC2 initialization process, so the instructions below will be very brief. If you are still not familiar with the EC2 initialization process, refer to the lab Initialize EC2 VMs.

  1. Access the EC2 Management Console by typing EC2 in the search bar.

Create EC2 Instance

  1. In the EC2 interface

    • Select Instances
    • Select Launch instances

Create EC2 Instance

  1. Perform configuration EC2

    • Name, enter EC2 - My VPC
    • Choose AMI: Amazon Linux 2 AMI (HVM), SSD Volume Type

Create EC2 Instance

  1. Choose Instance type: t2.micro

    • Select Create new key pair

Create EC2 Instance

  1. In the Create key pair interface

    • Key pair name, enter vpcpeering-key
    • Key pair type, select RSA
    • Private key file format, select .pem
    • Select Create key pair

Create EC2 Instance

  1. Configure Network

    • Network: My VPC

    • Subnet: My VPC Public Subnet (AZ2)

    • Auto-assign Public IP: Enable

    • Security group, select My VPC SG Create EC2 Instance Create EC2 Instance

    • Then select Launch instance

    • Select View all instance to view information instance

Create EC2 Instance

  1. View details instance just created.

Create EC2 Instance

  1. Continue to initialize more instance by selecting Launch instances.

Create EC2 Instance

  1. Configure instance

    • Name, enter EC2 - HG VPC

    • Choose AMI: Amazon Linux 2 AMI (HVM), SSD Volume Type

Create EC2 Instance

  1. Choose Instance type: t2.micro

    • Select Key pair created.

Create EC2 Instance

  1. Perform configuration Network

    • VPC: HG VPC
    • Subnet: HG VPC Public Subnet (AZ2)
    • Auto-assign Public IP: Enable
    • Security group, select HG VPC SG
    • Select Launch instance

Create EC2 Instance

  1. Successful instance creation, select View all instance

Create EC2 Instance

  1. View the details of the newly created instance.

Create EC2 Instance

  1. Now try SSH connection to EC2 - My VPC and ping EC2 - HG VPC’s Public IP address. (with the command ping <EC2 Public IPv4> -c5)

To connect SSH to EC2 we have a way. Connect Amazon EC2 Linux 2 using MobaXterm and connect Amazon EC2 Linux 2 using PuTTY. Here I connect Amazon EC2 Linux 2 using PuTTY.

You can review how to connect SSH to EC2 access at Lab About Amazon EC2 section 4.2 .

Create EC2 Instance

You will see a successful ping because the two instances are communicating with each other over the Public Internet.

  1. Keep SSH connection to EC2 - My VPC, now try pinging EC2 - HG VPC’s IP Private address. You will see that the ping failed because the two VPCs are separate and not yet connected.

Create EC2 Instance