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Setting up a Windows image in Amazon’s EC2
about General on 24/10/2008 - like it?

Signing up is a real no brainer, if you can’t get past that - time for a new day job :)

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2

The first problem was - what next? There really isn’t a clear next steps but after a little digging this is the path that I took.

You will first need to get your X502 certificate, it is all done via their website so that was pretty easy. I stored it in a folder called EC2\Keys - both public and private. Remember to backup those keys!!

Next you need to download the tools. These are a set of command files and java libraries so yes, you need to have a Java runtime installed.

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/GettingStartedGuide/setting-up-your-tools.html

Set your JAVA_HOME to the Java installed folder and not the /Bin folder. Make sure to setup the rest of those variables. If you already had a java runtime installed, don’t assume the java home path is set.

Next I followed the instructions on this page to setup a keypair and run a default image.

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/GettingStartedGuide/

http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/GettingStartedGuide/running-an-instance-windows.html

Once you have this all done and a image running you’re done - this is a server just for you. Install whatever software you want and get hosting! Overall not too bad :) You will need to bundle the instance before ever shutting it down otherwise you will loose OS changes. Once bundled you get your own AMI to relaunch clone instances.

Don’t forget if you TURN OFF, SHUTDOWN, TERMINATE any running images they are gone forever! only attached storage volumes persist.

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