Amazon EC2 User Guide.pdf

- Introduction (p. 1)
- Amazon EC2: A web service for cloud computing that provides resizable compute capacity.
- Features: Virtual servers (instances), security, scalability, and more.

- Related Services (p. 2)
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Auto Scaling, etc.

- Access EC2 (p. 4)
- Sign in to the AWS Management Console, choose EC2, and explore the dashboard.

- Pricing (p. 5)
- Pay-as-you-go pricing based on instance type, region, and usage.

- Estimates, Billing, and Cost Optimization (p. 6)
- Use AWS Cost Explorer and Trusted Advisor for cost management.

- Get Started Tutorial (p. 7)
- Launch an instance, connect to it, and clean up resources.

- Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) (p. 18)
- AMIs: Pre-configured templates for launching EC2 instances.
- Characteristics: Operating system, applications, data, and more.
- Launch permissions, root volume type, and virtualization types affect AMI usage.

- AMI Lifecycle (p. 43)
- Create, copy, store, restore, deprecate, disable, and deregister AMIs.
- AMI ancestry and usage tracking.

- Boot Modes (p. 186)
- Legacy BIOS and UEFI boot modes, with requirements and settings for each.

- AMI Encryption (p. 221)
- Encrypt AMIs at rest using AWS Key Management Service (KMS).

- Instance-launching and Image-copying Scenarios (p. 221)
- Scenarios for launching instances and copying AMIs, including encrypted AMIs.