AWS EC2 is a scalable, reliable and low-priced offering from Amazon for the user’s virtual computation or hosting needs. An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is an encrypted packaged-up environment that includes all the necessary bits to set up and boot the user’s instance. After an AMI is launched, the resultant running system is called an instance. Learn how to Launch an Amazon AWS EC2 Instance. The instance is the user’s basic computation building block. Amazon EC2 offers multiple instance types based on the RAM, Storage and Compute Units. Once launched, an instance looks very similar to a traditional host. The user will have complete control on the instances.
The present guide helps to understand the various parameters of metadata of an AWS Instance. Learn how to get the EC2 metadata.
In today’s cloud environment an idea can quickly transform itself into software. The small developer can generate and run the application on a PaaS platform or on an Amazon cloud micro-instance. At first the idea can be pitched to potential users at very low cost. Product operations can easily track and support the first users, making sure that the service is available and fits the users’ needs. The R&D team of the newly established start-up can work directly on the production servers. The new global SaaS grows at a steady pace while adding more and more customers, hence new global users.
