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Getting Started with AWS

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Table of Contents
Getting Started with AWS ............................................................................................................... 1
What Can I Do with AWS? ...................................................................................................... 1
What Services Should I Look at First? ............................................................................................... 3
Store Files ........................................................................................................................... 3
Host a Website ...................................................................................................................... 4
Static Website (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) ..................................................................... 4
Dynamic Website (PHP & MySQL, .NET & SQL Server, etc.) ................................................ 5
Run a Database .................................................................................................................... 6
Relational Database ...................................................................................................... 6
NoSQL Database .......................................................................................................... 7
Deploy an Application ............................................................................................................. 7
Free Tier Usage ............................................................................................................ 8
Create a Network .................................................................................................................. 8
Manage My AWS Resources ................................................................................................... 9
How Do I Get Started with the Free Usage Tier? ............................................................................... 11
Use an AWS Account Created Less Than a Year Ago ................................................................. 11
Use Only Services That Offer a Free Usage Tier ....................................................................... 12
Stay Within the Limits of the Free Usage Tier for the Services You Use .......................................... 12
Hourly Usage on the Free Usage Tier .............................................................................. 12
Machine Images Eligible for the Free Usage Tier ............................................................... 13
Outbound Data Transfer on the Free Usage Tier ................................................................ 13
Create a Billing Alert to Warn You If Your Usage Exceeds the Free Usage Tier ................................ 13
What Should I Try First? ................................................................................................................ 17
Store Files on AWS .............................................................................................................. 17
Make a File Public ....................................................................................................... 20
View a File Stored on AWS ............................................................................................ 21
Make a File Private ...................................................................................................... 22
Delete a File and Bucket ............................................................................................... 22
Run a Virtual Server on AWS ................................................................................................. 23
Connect to a Virtual Server on AWS ................................................................................ 23
Terminate a Virtual Server ............................................................................................. 24
Deploy an Application on AWS ............................................................................................... 25
Choose a Service or Build a Solution .............................................................................. 25
Get Started ................................................................................................................. 25
How Do I Interact with AWS? ......................................................................................................... 27
Tracking Your AWS Usage ............................................................................................................. 28
Where Should I Go Next? ............................................................................................................. 29
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What Can I Do with AWS?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides computing resources and services that you can use to build
applications within minutes at pay-as-you-go pricing. For example, you can rent a server on AWS that
you can connect to, configure, secure, and run just as you would a physical server. The difference is the
virtual server runs on top of a planet-scale network managed by AWS.
You pay for your virtual server only while it runs, with no up-front purchase costs or ongoing maintenance
costs. Backed by the AWS network, your virtual server can do things no physical server can, such as
automatically scaling into multiple servers when demand for your application increases.
Using AWS to build your Internet application is like purchasing electricity from a power company instead
of running your own generator, and it provides many of the same benefits: capacity exactly matches your
need, you pay only for what you use, economies of scale result in lower costs, and the service is provided
by a vendor experienced in running large-scale networks.
In addition, AWS can offer significant cost savings, up to 80%, compared to the equivalent on-premises
deployments. For more information about cost, see the Total Cost of Ownership Whitepaper.

You can run nearly anything on AWS that you would run on physical hardware: websites, applications,
databases, mobile apps, email campaigns, distributed data analysis, media storage, and private networks.
The services we provide are designed to work together so that you can build complete solutions. There
are currently dozens of services, with more being added each year.
The following diagram shows the categories of functionality offered by AWS.
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In each category, there are one or more services. For example, AWS offers five database services, each
one optimized for a certain type of use. With so many offerings, you can design an AWS solution that is
tailored to your needs.
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Store Files
What Services Should I Look at

First?
AWS offers a variety of services, and it can be hard to decide where to start. Consider first what you want
to do with AWS. In this section, we’ll look at some common uses of AWS and the specific services that
those uses require.
I want to...
Topics
• Store Files (p. 3)
• Host a Website (p. 4)
• Run a Database (p. 6)
• Deploy an Application (p. 7)
• Create a Network (p. 8)
• Manage My AWS Resources (p. 9)
Store Files
AWS provides highly scalable, reliable, secure, fast storage for your digital files.
Store Files on AWS (p. 17) walks you through the process of storing digital files on AWS.
Amazon Web Service Free usage tier? What it does
Yes Stores and retrieves digital files.
• 5 GB storage
• 20,000 Get requests
• 2,000 Put requests
Amazon Simple Storage

Service (Amazon S3)
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Host a Website
Host a Website
AWS provides many ways to host your website in order to suit the needs of large-scale enterprises,
startups, and individuals.
Topics
• Static Website (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.) (p. 4)
• Dynamic Website (PHP & MySQL, .NET & SQL Server, etc.) (p. 5)
Static Website (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.)

A static website does not require server-side processing and relies only on client-side technologies such
as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
For a walkthrough of setting up and configuring a static website on AWS, see Getting Started with AWS
AWS Static Website Hosting. To stay within the free usage tier, skip steps 5 and 6, which use Amazon
Route 53, a service outside of the free usage tier.
The following web services are useful for creating a static website.
Yes Stores files and can be configured to

deliver them to browsers using an
• 5 GB storage Internet URL.
• 20,000 Get requests
• 2,000 Put requests
Amazon Simple Storage

Service (Amazon S3)
No Attaches a custom domain name (e.g.,

http://example.com) to AWS
resources.
Amazon Route 53
Yes Speeds up access to the website by

caching the files in edge locations
• 50 GB data transfer around the world.
• 2,000,000 requests per month
Amazon CloudFront
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Dynamic Website (PHP & MySQL, .NET & SQL Server,
etc.)
Dynamic Website (PHP & MySQL, .NET & SQL

Server, etc.)
A dynamic website uses server-side processing to build pages that are customized to visitor's requests.
Dynamic websites require server-side technologies such as PHP, Java, or .NET.
For a walkthrough of setting up a dynamic website on Linux, see Getting Started with AWS Computing
Basics for Linux, which describes setting up a dynamic website that uses Apache, PHP and MySQL.
For a walkthrough of setting up a dynamic website on Windows, see Getting Started with AWS Computing
Basics for Windows, which describes setting up a dynamic website that uses IIS, .NET, and SQL Server.
For a walk-through of setting up a WordPress blog on Windows, see Deploying a WordPress Blog on
Your Amazon EC2 Instance in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Microsoft Windows Guide. To learn
how to set up a WordPress blog on Linux, see Tutorial: Hosting a WordPress Blog with Amazon EC2.
The following web services are useful for creating a dynamic website.
Yes Launches a virtual server that runs

your web server and performs
750 hours per month of a t1.micro server-side processing. You can run
instance, launched using an AMI that your database on this server or on
is eligible under the free usage tier Amazon Relational Database Service
(Amazon RDS).
Amazon Elastic
Compute Cloud
(Amazon EC2)
Yes Provides a persistent file system for

your virtual server; stores data even if
• 30 GB of EBS storage your virtual server is terminated.
• 2 million I/O operations
• 1 GB of snapshot storage
Amazon Elastic Block

Store (Amazon EBS)
Yes Collects and reports metrics on your

AWS resources.
• 10 metrics
• 10 alarms
• 1,000,000 API requests
Amazon CloudWatch
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Run a Database
N/A Adds or removes virtual servers to

handle peaks and lulls in traffic.
There is no charge for this service. Requires CloudWatch.
You may be charged for AWS
resources it manages.
To use this service under the free

Auto Scaling usage tier, ensure that it does not
launch more than 750 hours' worth
of Amazon EC2 running time in a
month.
Yes Distributes traffic among multiple

virtual servers.
• 750 hours of ELB per month
• 15 GB data processing
Elastic Load Balancing
You might also want to consider the AWS application management services. By using an application
management service, you can leverage other AWS services without having to manage each of them
separately and manually.
• Application container: with AWS Elastic Beanstalk, you can focus on the code and let the service
manage the rest. AWS Elastic Beanstalk helps you deploy, manage, and scale web applications and
web services. AWS Elastic Beanstalk supports popular languages and frameworks, including Docker,
Java, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, and Ruby.
• Application automation: AWS OpsWorks gives you the flexibility to define a software stack and helps
you deploy, operate, and automate applications. Start with templates for common technologies, or build
your own stack to support your architecture and perform any task you can script.
For additional information about deployment and resource management on AWS, go to Deployment and
Management on AWS.
Run a Database
Most applications use a back-end database to store information. AWS offers a variety of database services.
The following services are a good place to start.
Topics
• Relational Database (p. 6)
• NoSQL Database (p. 7)
Relational Database
A relational database is organized into tables that are related to each other by key values. It is the traditional
type of database.
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NoSQL Database
The Amazon Relational Database Service User Guide walks you through the process of launching a
relational database on AWS. To stay within the free usage tier, launch a t1.micro instance.
Yes Runs MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server

database engine on AWS.
• 750 hours per month of a t1.micro
DB instance
• 20 GB of DB storage
• 20 GB of backups
Amazon RDS • 10 million I/O operations
NoSQL Database
A NoSQL database uses key-value pairs to retrieve and append data, with the goal of improving
performance compared to relational databases.
Amazon DynamoDB: Getting Startedwalks you through the process of launching a NoSQL database on
DynamoDB. To stay within the free usage tier, note the usage limits below. For information about read
and write capacity units, see Provisioned Throughput in Amazon DynamoDB.
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Deploy an Application
AWS offers application management services that help you build, deploy, and scale applications. You
can use an application management service to leverage other AWS services without having to manage
each of them separately and manually.
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Amazon Web Service Summary
Application container: with AWS Elastic Beanstalk, you can focus

on the code and let the service manage the rest. AWS Elastic
Beanstalk helps you deploy, manage, and scale web applications
and web services. AWS Elastic Beanstalk supports popular languages
and frameworks, including Docker, Java, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python,
and Ruby.
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Application automation: AWS OpsWorks gives you the flexibility

to define a software stack and helps you deploy, operate, and
automate applications. Start with templates for common technologies,
or build your own stack to support your architecture and perform any
task you can script.
AWS OpsWorks
You can also use resource management services, such as AWS CloudFormation, Amazon CloudWatch,
and Auto Scaling, to create your own deployment and management solution. For additional information,
go to Deployment and Management on AWS.
When you're ready to get started with an application management or resource management service, go
to Deploy an Application on AWS (p. 25).
Free Tier Usage

Application management services are provided at no additional charge — you pay only for the underlying
AWS resources you use. To make sure you stay within the limits of the free usage tier, follow these
guidelines:
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk: By default, AWS Elastic Beanstalk launches applications on resources that
comply with free tier usage. To delete instances and prevent new ones from being created, first disable
Auto Scaling. For more details, go to Configuring Auto Scaling with AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
• AWS OpsWorks: Make sure any server or database instances you launch are t1.micro instances.
Create a Network
You can create virtual private clouds on AWS. These can be isolated from the Internet, or you can add
a public-facing subnet that makes part of your network accessible from the Internet. You can also create
a hardware virtual private network (VPN) connection between your network and AWS in order to create
a hybrid solution in which part of your IT infrastructure runs in your physical data center and part of it runs
in your virtual private cloud on AWS.
The Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Getting Started Guide shows how to launch a virtual cloud with both
private and Internet-facing subnets. In order to stay within the limits of the free usage tier, any Amazon
EC2 instances that you launch in the virtual cloud should be t1.micro instances.
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Manage My AWS Resources
N/A Provisions a logically isolated section

of the AWS cloud into a virtual cloud
There is no charge for this service. that you define.
You may be charged for the AWS
resources that it deploys.
Amazon Virtual Private

Cloud (Amazon VPC)

AWS provides several services that help you monitor, manage, and configure your AWS account and
resources. The following services are a good place to start.
N/A Configures access to your AWS

resources, and creates users on your
There is no charge for this service. AWS account.
AWS Identity and

Access Management
(IAM)
Yes Collects and reports metrics on your

AWS resources. You can set alarms
• 10 metrics on these metrics to trigger actions.
• 10 alarms
• 1,000,000 API requests
Amazon CloudWatch
(CloudWatch)
N/A Simplifies AWS resource modeling and

provisioning, for anything from a single
There is no charge for this service. Amazon EC2 instance to a multi-tier
You may be charged for the AWS application. You can use sample
resources it manages. templates or create your own. AWS
CloudFormation can be integrated with
other development and management
AWS CloudFormation tools.
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N/A Adds or removes virtual servers to

handle peaks and lulls in traffic.
There is no charge for this service. Requires CloudWatch.
You may be charged for AWS
resources it manages.
To use this service under the free

Auto Scaling usage tier, ensure that it does not
launch more than 750 hours worth of
Amazon EC2 running time in a
month.
Yes Orchestrates the movement and

processing of data on AWS as well as
• 3 low-frequency preconditions on-premise data sources.
• 5 low-frequency activities
AWS Data Pipeline

(AWS Data Pipeline)
There is, of course, more you can do with AWS than these few scenarios. For further ideas, see AWS
Solutions.
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Use an AWS Account Created Less Than a Year Ago
How Do I Get Started with the Free

Usage Tier?
When you create a new AWS account, you can test-drive some of the services and learn about AWS
without charge. AWS calls this the AWS Free Usage Tier.
You are eligible for the free tier for one year after you open your AWS account. After a year has passed,
you will no longer be eligible for the free tier and will be charged any applicable fees for your AWS usage.
If you exceed the usage limits of the free tier or you use a service that is not on the free tier, you will be
charged at the normal AWS billing rates.
To use AWS for free
1. Use an AWS Account Created Less Than a Year Ago (p. 11)
2. Use Only Services That Offer a Free Usage Tier (p. 12)
3. Stay Within the Limits of the Free Usage Tier for the Services You Use (p. 12)
4. Create a Billing Alert to Warn You If Your Usage Exceeds the Free Usage Tier (p. 13)
Unused capacity under the free tier does not roll over from month to month; it's a use-it-or-lose-it model.
To maximize your benefit from the free tier, be sure to spend time each month with AWS, investigating
the services you’re curious about. The tutorials at What Should I Try First? (p. 17) walk you through some
common tasks you can try on the AWS free tier: storing files, running a virtual server, and deploying an
application.
Use an AWS Account Created Less Than a Year

Ago
If you're not sure when you created your account, open Account Activity. If you see a message like the
following at the top of the page, your AWS account is less than a year old.
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You can also click Current Statement on the same page and then scroll down to your earliest statement
to see when you created your account and how much time you have left on the free tier.
Note
If your account is more than one year old, you are no longer eligible for the free tier and will be
charged any applicable fees for your AWS usage.
If your company created your AWS account, check whether the account uses consolidated billing.
Consolidated billing combines payment for multiple AWS accounts under a single AWS account, called
the paying account. In consolidated billing, the creation date of the paying account determines free tier
eligibility.
Use Only Services That Offer a Free Usage Tier

AWS Free Usage Tier lists the services that offer free tier usage.
Stay Within the Limits of the Free Usage Tier for

the Services You Use
The free tier is designed for a single user to create resources on AWS and test the free tier services with
small amounts of data and traffic. For details about limits under the free tier for an individual service, go
to AWS Free Usage Tier, and then click the service that you’re interested in.
To fully understand how the free tier works for a particular service, you may need to investigate the service
further. For example, in addition to a 5 GB storage limit, the Amazon S3 free tier also limits monthly Get
requests, Put requests, and outbound data transfer. For additional information about what usage terms
mean, see the AWS Documentation for the service.
Hourly Usage on the Free Usage Tier

Some services, such as Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, and Elastic Load Balancing, track hourly usage.
The free tier of these services provides a monthly allotment of hours. For example, the free tier of Amazon
EC2 provides 750 hours of running a t1.micro instance. (An instance is considered to be running from
the time you start it until the time you stop it.) You can run 1 micro instance continuously for a month, or
10 micro instances for 75 hours a month. How you spend your free tier allotment is up to you.
In some cases, leaving your resources running can actually maximize your free-tier usage. For example,
if you run an EC2 instance for only a portion of an hour, AWS counts that as an entire hour. If you stop
and start an EC2 instance three times in an hour, you’ll have used up three hours of your free-tier allotment.
The following diagram illustrates how this works. Both the red and green usage scenarios below use up
three hours of your monthly free-tier allotment.
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Machine Images Eligible for the Free Usage Tier
If you plan to use an AWS resources only intermittently, leaving it running can actually maximize your
free-tier usage.
Machine Images Eligible for the Free Usage Tier

If you start an Amazon EC2 instance, be sure to select an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that is compatible
with the free tier. An AMI describes the configuration that is loaded onto the virtual server when it's created
and specifies the operating system, and pre-loaded applications. Because of licensing restrictions, some
AMIs are not available under the free tier.
AMIs that are available under the free tier are marked in the Amazon EC2 Launch Wizard as Free Tier
Eligible. Both Linux and Microsoft Windows AMIs are available under the free tier. The free tier allotment
for Linux and Microsoft Windows instances is counted separately; you can run 750 hours of a Linux
t1.micro instance and 750 hours of a Windows t1.micro instance in the free tier each month.
For a complete walk-through of how to launch a virtual server on the free tier, see Run a Virtual Server
on AWS (p. 23), in this guide.
Outbound Data Transfer on the Free Usage Tier

As you use the free tier, you'll also need to monitor the number of web service requests you make and
your outbound Internet data transfer. Under the free tier, you are allowed 15 GB of outbound data transfer
per month across all AWS services.
Create a Billing Alert to Warn You If Your Usage

Exceeds the Free Usage Tier
Even if you're careful about how you use the free tier, it's a good idea to create a billing alert that will warn
you if you exceed free tier usage. Billing alerts can help protect you against unknowingly accruing charges
if you inadvertently use a service outside of the free tier or if traffic exceeds your expectations.
To set a billing alert for the free tier
1. Open the Billing console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing/home?#.

2. In the navigation pane, click Preferences, and then select Receive Billing Alerts.
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the Free Usage Tier
3. Click Save Preferences.

Note
Billing alerts are not enabled immediately. For best results, wait at least 15 minutes before
proceeding to the next step.
4. Open the CloudWatch Management console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch.
5. If necessary, change the region in the navigation bar to US East (N. Virginia). Billing metric data is
stored in the US East region, even for instances in other regions.
6. In the navigation pane, click Alarms, and then in the Alarms pane, click Create Alarm.
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7. In the list of CloudWatch metrics, click Billing Metrics.
8. In the list of billing metrics, select the EstimatedCharges metric.
9. Click Next.
10. Define the alarm:
a. Under Alarm Threshold, enter a Name and Description for your alarm.
b. Set the Whenever charges for operator and value to >0. This setting indicates that you would
like to be notified when the value of the EstimatedCharges metric exceeds zero; i.e., as soon
as a charge is incurred.
c. Under Actions, leave the Whenever this alarm box set to the default value of State is ALARM.
d. To create a notification list for the Send notification to box, click the New list link next to the
box.
e. In the Send notification to box, type NotifyMe.
f. In the Email list box, enter your email address.
In the following example, the topic name is NotifyMe and the email address is me@example.com.
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11. Make sure the alarm settings are similar to the preceding image, then click Create Alarm.
12. In the Confirm new email addresses dialog box, click I will do it later. (You can also confirm your
email address now, if you prefer.)
After you've confirmed your email address, you'll receive an email as soon as your account's usage
exceeds the free tier limits. At that point, you can decide whether to terminate the AWS resources that
have exceeded the free tier limits, or keep them running and be billed at standard AWS rates.
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What Should I Try First?
The following tutorials will get you started launching and using resources on AWS, while staying within
the limits of the free usage tier. The tutorials use the AWS Management Console to interact with AWS.
Topics
• Store Files on AWS (p. 17)
• Run a Virtual Server on AWS (p. 23)
• Deploy an Application on AWS (p. 25)
Store Files on AWS

You can use Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) to store digital files on AWS. Files stored in
Amazon S3 are called objects, and every object is stored in a location called a bucket. To create a bucket
and upload a file, follow these steps.
To allocate storage on AWS
1. Open the Amazon S3 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/s3/.

2. In the Amazon S3 console, click Create Bucket.
3. In the Create a Bucket — Select a Bucket Name and Region dialog box, in the Bucket Name box,
enter a bucket name.
The bucket name you choose must be unique across all existing bucket names in Amazon S3. After
you create a bucket, you cannot change its name.
For this tutorial, select a bucket name between 3 and 63 characters long, composed of lowercase
letters and numbers. In this tutorial we use example123, but you will need to use a unique bucket
name of your own choosing.
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4. In the Region box, select a geographic region that is close to you.

5. When the settings are as you want them, click Create.
When Amazon S3 successfully creates your bucket, the console displays its name in the All Buckets
pane. This bucket is where you'll upload your files.
To upload a File
1. In the Amazon S3 console, select the bucket that you previously created to contain your files. In our
example, we will select the example123 bucket.
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2. Click Actions, and then click Upload.
3. In the Upload — Select Files dialog box, click Add Files.
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4. In the File Upload dialog box, select files to upload. In order to stay within the limits of the free usage
tier, the total size of the files you upload should be less than 5 GB.
5. Click Open.
6. In the Upload Select Files dialog box, click Start Upload.
7. When your files have finished uploading, they will appear as shown in the following image.
Make a File Public

By default, a file uploaded to Amazon S3 can be accessed only by the AWS account that was used to
upload it. If you want to make the file freely accessible to anyone on the Internet to view or download
from a URL, you must make the file public.
To make a file public

2. In the Amazon S3 console, select the bucket that you created to contain your files. In our example,
we will select the example123 bucket.
3. Right-click the file you uploaded.
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4. Click Make Public.
5. Click OK to confirm making the file public.
Anyone on the Internet can now view and/or download the file. This traffic counts against your free usage
tier allotment of 20,000 Get requests each month. To protect yourself from unexpected traffic that might
exceed the limits of the free usage tier, you can make the file private, or you can delete the file at the end
of this tutorial.
View a File Stored on AWS

All files that are stored on Amazon S3 have a URL associated with them. Using this link, you can access
the file from an application such as a web browser.
To view a file stored on AWS
2. Click the file you uploaded.
3. Click Properties.
4. Click the URL that appears after Link. The file will appear in your browser. If the file is in a format
that your browser can't display, you will be prompted to download the file.
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Make a File Private

If you've made a file public, you can return it to its private condition.
To make a public file private

3. Click the file you uploaded.
4. Click Properties.
5. Click Permissions.
6. Clear the Open/Download check box for the Grantee Everyone.
7. Click Save.
Delete a File and Bucket

When you are done with your investigation of storage on Amazon S3, you can use the following procedures
to delete the resources you allocated on AWS.
To delete a file

2. In the Buckets pane, click the bucket where the file is stored.
3. Right-click the file you want to delete, and then click Delete.
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4. In the confirmation message that appears, click Yes, Delete.
There is no charge for an empty bucket in Amazon S3, so you don't need to delete the bucket to avoid
charges. If you want to delete the bucket, however, you can do so.
To delete a bucket, you must first delete all of the objects in it.
To delete a bucket
1. Continuing from the previous procedure, right-click the bucket you want to delete, and then click
Delete.
2. In the confirmation message that appears, click Yes, Delete.
Run a Virtual Server on AWS

You can use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) to run and manage virtual servers on AWS.
Your servers are launched as EC2 instances and initialized with a machine image called an AMI.
In the free usage tier, you can launch a t1.micro Amazon EC2 instance. Micro instances provide a small
amount of consistent CPU resources and allow you to burst CPU capacity when additional cycles are
available. A t1.micro instance is well suited for low-throughput applications and websites that consume
significant compute cycles only occasionally.
To launch a virtual server
1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

2. In the Amazon EC2 console, click Launch Instance.
3. The Select an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) page displays a list of available AMIs. Select an AMI
that is marked Free tier eligible. This indicates that an AMI is compatible with the free usage tier.
For the purposes of this tutorial, select the Amazon Linux AMI.
4. On the Select an Instance Type page, ensure the t1.micro instance is selected, as this is the only
instance type you can run on the free usage tier.
Click Review and Launch to accept the default settings and let the wizard complete the rest of steps
for you.
5. On the Review Instance Launch page, you can review the settings for your instance. When you
are satisfied with your selections, click Launch.
6. In the Select an existing key pair or create a new key pair dialog box, select Create a new key
pair, enter a name for it, and then click Download Key Pair. This is the only chance for you to save
the private key file, so be sure to download it. Save the private key file in a safe place. You'll need
to provide the name of your key pair when you launch an instance and the corresponding private
key each time you connect to the instance.
When you are ready, select the acknowledgment check box, and then click Launch Instances.
7. It will take a few minutes for AWS to provision the server. When provisioning is complete, your EC2
instance appears in the EC2 console on the Instances page.
Connect to a Virtual Server on AWS

There are several ways to connect to a virtual server running on AWS; the most common way is to connect
to it using SSH. The Amazon EC2 Console provides a Java SSH Client, called MindTerm, that you can
use to connect to the virtual server directly from the console. This is the easiest way to connect to the
virtual server, but requires that you access the Amazon EC2 console using a browser with Java enabled.
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Terminate a Virtual Server
If, instead of using MindTerm, you'd prefer to connect to your EC2 instance using a command-line SSH
client or tool such as PuTTy, see Connect to Your Instance in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User
Guide.
To connect to a virtual server from the Amazon EC2 Console
1. In the Amazon EC2 console, select your virtual server, and click Connect.
2. Click A Java SSH client directly from my browser (Java required). This feature requires that you
have Java enabled in your browser.
• In Private key path, enter the location on your local machine where you saved your key pair. This
is the PEM file you downloaded in the previous procedure.
Note
Do not change the default User name.
• Click Launch SSH Client.
3. If your browser displays a security warning, confirm the connection.

4. The first time you connect to your virtual server, MindTerm will ask you to confirm that you want to
create the necessary local directories, and that you want to add the virtual server to your list of known
hosts. In each MindTerm — Confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
5. When you are connected, the MindTerm window will show connection information, including the
server's hostkey fingerprint.
6. Type pwd to print the name of the current directory on the virtual server and confirm your connection.
You are now connected to the server and can use standard Linux commands such as wget, scp, and
yum install to download and install software to the virtual server.
Note
Connection should proceed smoothly using the procedure above. If you are unable to connect
to your EC2 instance, check the security groups for that instance and ensure that port 22 (SSH)
is open. For more information, see Security Groups in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User
Guide.
Terminate a Virtual Server

The free usage tier provides 750 hours of a t1.micro virtual server instance a month. This is enough to
run a virtual server instance continuously. So if you only need one instance running at a time, you can
leave your instance running and remain on the free usage tier. When you are ready to terminate your
server, however, you can do so using the following procedure.
To terminate a virtual server
1. In the Amazon EC2 console, select your virtual server.

2. Click Actions and select Terminate.
3. In the Terminate Instances dialog, click Yes, Terminate.
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Deploy an Application on AWS
Deploy an Application on AWS

AWS offers several services that help you run applications in the cloud.
Choose a Service or Build a Solution

You can use an application management service, or you can build your own solution by using resource
management services.
Application Management Services

AWS application management services help you leverage other AWS services without requiring you to
manage each of them separately and manually:
• Application container: Use AWS Elastic Beanstalk if you want to focus on the code and let the service
manage the rest.
• Application automation: Use AWS OpsWorks if you want the flexibility to define your own software
stack and deploy, operate, and automate a variety of applications and architectures.
Resource Management Building Blocks

To create your own solution instead of using application management services, you can use these resource
management services as building blocks:
• Templated provisioning: Use AWS CloudFormation to model, provision, and update AWS resources,
for everything from a single Amazon EC2 instance to a multi-tier application.
• Monitoring: Use Amazon CloudWatch to monitor metric data, view graphs, and set alarms to help you
troubleshoot.
• Instance scaling: Use Auto Scaling to scale your Amazon EC2 capacity up or down according to
conditions you define.
You can use deployment and resource management services separately or together. AWS CloudFormation
can provision Auto Scaling groups, CloudWatch alarms, AWS Elastic Beanstalk applications, and AWS
OpsWorks stacks, in addition to other AWS resources.
For additional information about these services and how they differ, go to Deployment and Management
on AWS.
Get Started
When you've decided on a service or combination of services, complete the appropriate tutorials:
Amazon Web Service Tutorial
AWS Elastic Beanstalk Getting Started Using AWS Elastic Beanstalk
For information about using AWS Elastic Beanstalk within the

limits of the free usage tier, go to Free Tier Usage (p. 8).
AWS OpsWorks Getting Started with AWS OpsWorks
For information about using AWS OpsWorks within the limits

of the free usage tier, go to Free Tier Usage (p. 8).
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Get Started
Amazon Web Service Tutorial
AWS CloudFormation Updating a Stack
Amazon CloudWatch Getting Started with CloudWatch
Auto Scaling Getting Started with Auto Scaling
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How Do I Interact with AWS?
AWS provides several tools that help you create and manage resources.
• AWS Management Console — A graphical user interface you access online at

https://console.aws.amazon.com. The AWS Management Console is the fastest way to get started with
AWS; there is nothing to install. Some services, however, have features that cannot be accessed from
the console. For more information, see the service documentation.
• AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) — A text-based tool you install on your computer. It connects
over the Internet to manage your AWS resources. Several command-line tools are available: the AWS
CLI manages multiple AWS services through a single tool; many services offer custom CLIs that manage
only that service; and there are Windows PowerShell tools for AWS. For more information, see
"Command Line Tools" on the Tools for Amazon Web Services page.
• Software Development Kits (SDKs) — Class libraries and tools you add to your application so it can
manage AWS resources. AWS offers SDKs in a variety of programming and scripting languages, as
well as mobile SDKs for iOS and Android apps. The SDKs are the easiest way to write applications
that manage AWS; they provide functions you can call to authenticate your application's connection to
AWS. For more information, see Tools for Amazon Web Services.
• Query APIs — Low-level APIs that are exposed online through service- and region-specific endpoints
(e.g., https://dynamodb.us-west-2.amazonaws.com). You call API actions by using HTTP
requests. The APIs reflect the latest functionality of each service. If your application uses the API instead
of an SDK, however, you must implement the functionality to generate the proper signatures to
authenticate your requests.
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Tracking Your AWS Usage
You can check your AWS usage and charges at any time on the Billing and Cost Management console.
While you're using the free usage tier to explore AWS, it can be reassuring to check the charges for the
current month and ensure that you aren't being billed.
To view a summary of current charges
• Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Billing and Cost Management console at
https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing/home#/.
The default dashboard view shows the current month-to-date balance, as well as a graph of costs
by service.
To view detailed charges by month or service
1. In the left navigation pane, click Bills.

2. The Summary and Details sections show the charges for the current month. To view charges for a
different month, select a different Date.
For Consolidated Billing customers, the Bills page lists totals for all accounts on the Consolidated
Bill Details tab. Click the Bill Details by Account tab to see the activity for each account in the
Consolidated Billing account family.
3. In the Details section, expand each service to view usage details, such as Amazon EC2 instance-hours
or Amazon S3 requests.
You can use the usage details and the AWS Simple Monthly Calculator to estimate the charges you'll
see after your free tier period has ended.
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Where Should I Go Next?
Once you've identified how you'd like to use AWS, you can read about the related services in the AWS
Documentation. The Getting Started with AWS Guides are designed to help you learn how to perform
tasks in AWS that span multiple services.
Use the AWS Management Console and the services on the free usage tier to test-drive AWS and gain
experience with how the services work.
If you'd like to talk to other people using the services, see the AWS Discussion Forums. You can talk to
other AWS users and members of the AWS team, marked by "@aws" at the end of their user names.
AWS offers a variety of ways to get help with the services, ranging from online help to personal support.
For a list of options, go to Support Center.
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What Can I Do with AWS?

The following diagram shows the categories of functionality offered by AWS.

What Services Should I Look at

Amazon Web Service Free usage tier? What it does

Yes Stores and retrieves digital files.

Amazon Simple Storage

Static Website (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.)

Amazon Web Service Free usage tier? What it does

Yes Stores files and can be configured to

Amazon Simple Storage

No Attaches a custom domain name (e.g.,

Yes Speeds up access to the website by

Dynamic Website (PHP & MySQL, .NET & SQL

Amazon Web Service Free usage tier? What it does

Yes Launches a virtual server that runs

Yes Provides a persistent file system for

Amazon Elastic Block

Yes Collects and reports metrics on your

Amazon Web Service Free usage tier? What it does

N/A Adds or removes virtual servers to

To use this service under the free

Yes Distributes traffic among multiple

Elastic Load Balancing

Amazon Web Service Free usage tier? What it does

Yes Runs MySQL, Oracle, or SQL Server

Amazon Web Service Free usage tier? What it does

Yes Yes snuR

Amazon Web Service Summary

Application container: with AWS Elastic Beanstalk, you can focus

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

Application automation: AWS OpsWorks gives you the flexibility

Free Tier Usage

Amazon Web Service Free usage tier? What it does

N/A Provisions a logically isolated section

Amazon Virtual Private

Manage My AWS Resources

Amazon Web Service Free usage tier? What it does

N/A Configures access to your AWS

AWS Identity and

Yes Collects and reports metrics on your

N/A Simplifies AWS resource modeling and

Amazon Web Service Free usage tier? What it does

N/A Adds or removes virtual servers to

To use this service under the free

Yes Orchestrates the movement and

AWS Data Pipeline

How Do I Get Started with the Free

To use AWS for free

Use an AWS Account Created Less Than a Year

Use Only Services That Offer a Free Usage Tier

Stay Within the Limits of the Free Usage Tier for

Hourly Usage on the Free Usage Tier

Machine Images Eligible for the Free Usage Tier

Outbound Data Transfer on the Free Usage Tier

Create a Billing Alert to Warn You If Your Usage