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Revision as of 17:14, 15 October 2014

After creating an amazon account (https://aws.amazon.com/), you can start a machine on Amazon using the GotCloud AMI.

The GotCloud AMI contains:

Go to the EC2 Dashboard: https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/v2/home?region=us-east-1#
1. If it is not already selected, select N. Virginia from the dropdown menu in the upper right hand corner of the dashboard.
  - The GotCloud AMI is currently only in the US East (N. Virginia) region, so be sure you are set to that.
2. Select the Launch Instance button on the dashboard
Select the GotCloud AMI
1. Select Community AMIs from the left menu
2. Type gotcloud (enter) in the search menu in order to see the GotCloud AMIs
3. Click the Select button on the most recent GotCloud AMI
Choose an Instance Type
1. Select the Instance Type that you would like to run
  - For the Demo, we suggest c3.2xlarge
2. Click the Review and Launch button

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 ## Select the <code>Launch Instance</code> button on the dashboard
 #:[[File:Dashboard.png|750px]]
+# Select the GotCloud AMI
+## Select <code>Community AMIs</code> from the left menu
+## Type <code>gotcloud</code> (enter) in the search menu in order to see the GotCloud AMIs
+## Click the <code>Select</code> button on the most recent GotCloud AMI
+#:[[File:LaunchAMI 1.png|750px]]
+# Choose an Instance Type
+## Select the Instance Type that you would like to run
+##* For the Demo, we suggest <code>c3.2xlarge</code>
+## Click the <code>Review and Launch</code> button
+#:[[File:InstanceType1.png]]