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# Starting an Amazon EC2-compatible instance on an Snowball Edge with AWS OpsHub
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Use these steps to start an Amazon EC2-compatible instance using AWS OpsHub.

**To start an Amazon EC2-compatible instance**

1. Open the AWS OpsHub application.

1. In the **Start computing** section of the dashboard, choose **Get started**. Or, choose the **Services** menu at the top, and then choose **Compute (EC2)** to open the **Compute** page. 

   Your compute resources appear in the **Resources** section.

1. In the **Instance name** column, under **Instances**, find the instance that you want to start.

1. Choose the instance, and then choose **Start**. The **State** changes to **Pending**, and then changes to **Running** when done.  
![\[Instances tab showing an instance chosen and the Actions menu open with Start chosen.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/developer-guide/images/opshub-instance-start-console.png)