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EC2 Dashboard Overview

Managing Your EC2 Instances

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. This guide will walk you through the basics of managing your EC2 instances.

EC2 Dashboard Overview

Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) is a web service that provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. This guide will walk you through the basics of managing your EC2 instances.

The EC2 management console is your central hub for managing your EC2 resources. You can access it through the AWS Management Console.

Do You Know?

The EC2 console provides a user-friendly interface, but you can also manage EC2 using the AWS CLI or SDKs for more automated workflows.

Once logged in, you can view a list of your running EC2 instances. Each instance displays key information such as its ID, type, state, and public IP address. You can filter and sort this list to find specific instances.

Important Note

Always ensure you have properly configured security groups before launching EC2 instances to protect your resources.

Starting a stopped instance makes it available again.

Stopping an instance saves its state but does not terminate it. This is useful for temporarily pausing usage and reducing costs.

Rebooting restarts the instance, useful for resolving temporary issues.

Avoid This

Avoid terminating instances unnecessarily. Ensure you have backed up important data before terminating an instance.

Terminating an instance permanently deletes it and all associated data on the instance. Use this action with caution.

aws ec2 terminate-instances --instance-ids i-0abcdef1234567890
  • The EC2 management console provides a centralized interface for managing EC2 instances.
  • You can view the state of your instances (running, stopped, terminated).
  • You can manage the instance lifecycle by starting, stopping, rebooting, or terminating instances.
  • Always back up data before terminating an instance.

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