Step 1: Launch an Amazon EC2 instance - Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra)

Step 1: Launch an Amazon EC2 instance

In this step, you launch an Amazon EC2 instance in your default Amazon VPC. You can then create and use a VPC endpoint for Amazon Keyspaces.

To launch an Amazon EC2 instance

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

  2. Choose Launch Instance and do the following:

    From the EC2 console dashboard, in the Launch instance box, choose Launch instance, and then choose Launch instance from the options that appear.

    Under Name and tags, for Name, enter a descriptive name for your instance.

    Under Application and OS Images (Amazon Machine Image):

    • Choose Quick Start, and then choose Ubuntu. This is the operating system (OS) for your instance.

    • Under Amazon Machine Image (AMI), you can use the default image that is marked as Free tier eligible. An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) is a basic configuration that serves as a template for your instance.

    Under Instance Type:

    • From the Instance type list, choose the t2.micro instance type, which is selected by default.

    Under Key pair (login), for Key pair name, choose one of the following options for this tutorial:

    • If you don't have an Amazon EC2 key pair, choose Create a new key pair and follow the instructions. You will be asked to download a private key file (.pem file). You will need this file later when you log in to your Amazon EC2 instance, so take note of the file path.

    • If you already have an existing Amazon EC2 key pair, go to Select a key pair and choose your key pair from the list. You must already have the private key file ( .pem file) available in order to log in to your Amazon EC2 instance.

    Under Network Settings:

    • Choose Edit.

    • Choose Select an existing security group.

    • In the list of security groups, choose default. This is the default security group for your VPC.

    Continue to Summary.

    • Review a summary of your instance configuration in the Summary panel. When you're ready, choose Launch instance.

  3. On the completion screen for the new Amazon EC2 instance, choose the Connect to instance tile. The next screen shows the necessary information and the required steps to connect to your new instance. Take note of the following information:

    • The sample command to protect the key file

    • The connection string

    • The Public IPv4 DNS name

    After taking note of the information on this page, you can continue to the next step in this tutorial (Step 2: Configure your Amazon EC2 instance).

Note

It takes a few minutes for your Amazon EC2 instance to become available. Before you go on to the next step, ensure that the Instance State is running and that all of its Status Checks have passed.