Launch an EC2 Instance for the Controller

Select an AMI that has been constructed using an operating system listed as compatible on the Controller Compatibility with Operating Systems and Components.

The default image includes AWS command-line tools: Python, Ruby, Perl, and Java.

The repositories include: Docker, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other packages.

  1. Select the instance type.Instance type
  2. Use the default instance settings.Default instance settings

  3. Increase the storage amount from the default 8 GB to 32 GB.

    Warning: You will need considerably more space on a larger server.

    Increase storage

  4. Assign the instance to the appd-appserver-security-group that you previously created.Assign the instance

  5. To launch the instance, you must specify a key pair. If you are using an existing key pair, ensure that you have access to the private key file; otherwise, generate a new key pair and download it from the AWS console. The private key file is required to connect to the instance using SSH. The new instance should be available after a few minutes. Once the instance is available, you can verify the status using the AWS console. Connect to it through SSH, enter:

    ssh -i "<private key file>.pem" ec2-user@ec2-18-222-75-189.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com
  6. Substitute the appropriate path and filename for your private key file.