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AWS Server setup

Installing the server

  1. Log into the AWS account
  2. Choose an appropriate zone, eg. eu-north-a (Stockholm)
  3. Navigate to the EC2-dashboard
  4. Launch a new instance
    1. Give it a useful name 
    2. Change the Instance type
    3. Select a keypair that you have access to
    4. Select "Select existing security group", select:
      1. WebAccess
      2. default
      3. DefaultSSHAccess
    5. Optional: Adjust storage
    6. Launch the isntance
  5. Reserve a dedicated (elastic) IP address
    1. Click Allocate elastic IP address
    2. Click Allocate
  6. Associate the elastic IP
    1. Find the IP in the list, click it
    2. Under Actions choose Associate elastic IP address
    3. Find the instance you just launched
  7. SSH into the server and install the CLI
    1. Optionally run: ts developer-access