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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==
After creating an amazon account (https://aws.amazon.com/), you can start a machine on Amazon using the GotCloud AMI.
After creating an amazon account (https://aws.amazon.com/), you can start a machine on Amazon using the GotCloud AMI.
# Reference Files
# Reference Files
# Demo, see [[GotCloud: Amazon Demo]] for instructions on running the demo.
# Demo, see [[GotCloud: Amazon Demo]] for instructions on running the demo.
If you prefer not to use the GotCloud AMI, you can start up another AMI and install GotCloud as you normally would on a machine. See [[GotCloud#GotCloud Setup on Any Linux Machine|GotCloud Setup on Any Linux Machine]].
== Starting the GotCloud AMI ==
== Starting the GotCloud AMI ==
## When everything is as you like, click the <code>Launch</code> button
## When everything is as you like, click the <code>Launch</code> button
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# Select/Create key pair
## If you have an existing key pair that you want to use:
### Select <code>Choose an existing key pair</code>
### Select the key pair
### Check the box to acknowledge that you have access to the private key
### Click <code>Launch Instances</code>
## If you want to create a new key pair:
### Select <code>Create a new key pair</code>
### Name your key pair in the <code>Key pair name</code> field
### Select <code>Download Key</code>
### Click <code>Launch Instances</code>
# You will then see a <code>Launch Status</code> page
## Click the <code>View Instances</code> button in the bottom corner of the page to view your instances.
# Locate your instance
## Wait until your instance indicates <code>running</code>
## Select your instance (it will be highlighted in blue)
## Connect to your instance
##* You can connect in a couple of ways:
##*# Via a standalone SSH client
##*#* Connect using <code>ssh -i pathToYourKey/yourKey.pem ubuntu@yourPublicDNS</code>
##*#** Fill in your key and DNS appropriately
##*# Via Java SSH Client through the browser
##*#* Click the <code>Connect</code> button at the top of the page
##*#* A new window should pop up, in that window:
##*#*# Select <code>A Java SSH Client directly from my browser (Java required)</code>
##*#*# Enter <code>ubuntu</code> in the <code>User name</code> field
##*#*#* <code>ubuntu</code> is the default user in our AMI. GotCloud and example data are stored in the ubuntu user's home directory
##*#*# Enter the path to the private key (including the .pem filename) in the <code>Private key path</code> field
##*#*# Click the <code>Launch SSH Client</code> button
##*#** This will start a terminal on your instance.
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# You should now have terminal/command-line access to your instance and can run GotCloud from there.
## The ubuntu home directory has 2 subdirectories
### example - contains the data for the demo
### gotcloud - contains the gotcloud program and source
## Type <code>gotcloud</code> from any directory followed by the desired command-line parameters in order to run GotCloud
## You can try the [[GotCloud: Amazon Demo]] if you would like to test GotCloud
