Getting started with Amazon EC2

Amazon Web Services reference material

You can find help online configuring, managing, and otherwise using EC2’s interface.

Instance types Instance costs

You can find a more detailed walkthrough (with more steps!) at the 2013 CEMI workshop at Caltech.

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