Step 5.4  VM Storage settings

Adjust the default storage setting as appropriate for our virtual machine. If you are deploying this machine for basic testing the default should suffice.

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Step 5.5 – Assign any tags needed to the VM Instance

This is an optional step.

Step 5.6 – VM Security Group Settings

Assign the same “Permit All” security group you created during the step 3.6.

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Step 5.7  Review Instance Settings and Launch Instance

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Step 5.8  Create key pair

If you already have a key pair you can use an existing one. If not choose to create a new key pair and download it. You will need this file to login to the VM.

Important – If you lose the key pair, you cannot connect to your Amazon EC2 instances. For more information on Key Pairs see the Appendix

Figure 29 – Key Pair