Starting an EC2 instance
Before we start our very first instance, we are going to create a security group that you will use to secure your instance. The security groups that your instance is a part of cannot be changed after your instance is started, so we will need to create this first.
Creating a security group
To create a basic security group, click on the Security Groups link in the left-hand Navigation pane, and then click on the Create Security Group button in the toolbar of the Security Groups pane on the right, then enter a Name and a Description.
For your first security group, we will be creating a group whose sole purpose is to secure communications from your enterprise, directly to AWS. Type in "
migrate_to_aws" as the Security Group Name and "Secureendpointconnection" as the Description. To find your enterprise's external IP address, you will need to either talk to your network administrator, or alternatively you can use an external service such as http://whatismyipaddress.com...