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| − | == | + | ==Buy the Domain== |
| − | + | * Buy the domain using [http://www.mydomain.com Mydomain.com] | |
| − | + | ==Initial EC2 Setup== | |
| − | + | * [http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/get-set-up-for-amazon-ec2.html#sign-up-for-aws Sign up for Amazon Web Services, create a Key Pair, and create a security group] | |
| − | + | * Sign up for [http://aws.amazon.com/free/ AWS Free Usage Tier] | |
| − | + | ===Create Key Pair for SSHing=== | |
| − | + | * Not possible to specify password when logging into instance, need public key (btw which only works for the region it was created): | |
| − | + | # Open up [https://console.aws.amazon.com/console/home?# Amazon Web Services Console] | |
| − | + | # Open up EC2 Console | |
| − | + | # Choose your correct region via navigation bar at the top right | |
| + | # On the left navigation pane under "NETWORK & SECURITY," choose Key Pairs | ||
| + | # Click Create Key Pair, choose a name for the key pair, probably including the region for which the key pair was created. A .pem file will automatically be downloaded locally. <code>chmod 400</code> the file. Need to specify the .pem file when SSHing. | ||
| + | ===Create Security Group== | ||
| + | * Looks like EC2 is pedantic about who can connect. Need to create a white list of which IPs the instance can talk to. Need to put your IP on the list. | ||
| + | * [http://checkip.amazonaws.com/ checkip.amazonaws.com is pretty simple] | ||
| + | * Command line utility traceroute is helpful in figuring out ISP, also has built in IP utility | ||
| + | # Open up EC2 Console | ||
| + | # If necessary, choose your correct region via navigation bar at the top right | ||
| + | # On the left navigation pane under "NETWORK & SECURITY," choose Security Groups | ||
| + | # Click Create Security Group, and fill in the details | ||
| + | # Click on the Inbound tab and add Rules for HTTP (source=0.0.0.0), HTTPS (source=0.0.0.0), and SSH (your ip address with your.ip.address.boom/32) (always /32 if its your local machine, apparently) | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 1 December 2013
Contents
Buy the Domain
- Buy the domain using Mydomain.com
Initial EC2 Setup
- Sign up for Amazon Web Services, create a Key Pair, and create a security group
- Sign up for AWS Free Usage Tier
Create Key Pair for SSHing
- Not possible to specify password when logging into instance, need public key (btw which only works for the region it was created):
- Open up Amazon Web Services Console
- Open up EC2 Console
- Choose your correct region via navigation bar at the top right
- On the left navigation pane under "NETWORK & SECURITY," choose Key Pairs
- Click Create Key Pair, choose a name for the key pair, probably including the region for which the key pair was created. A .pem file will automatically be downloaded locally.
chmod 400the file. Need to specify the .pem file when SSHing.
=Create Security Group
- Looks like EC2 is pedantic about who can connect. Need to create a white list of which IPs the instance can talk to. Need to put your IP on the list.
- checkip.amazonaws.com is pretty simple
- Command line utility traceroute is helpful in figuring out ISP, also has built in IP utility
- Open up EC2 Console
- If necessary, choose your correct region via navigation bar at the top right
- On the left navigation pane under "NETWORK & SECURITY," choose Security Groups
- Click Create Security Group, and fill in the details
- Click on the Inbound tab and add Rules for HTTP (source=0.0.0.0), HTTPS (source=0.0.0.0), and SSH (your ip address with your.ip.address.boom/32) (always /32 if its your local machine, apparently)
