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Amazon [[AWS]] offers different [[wikipedia:Elastic Compute Cloud]] (EC2) instance types<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/?sc_channel=PS&sc_campaign=acquisition_HK&sc_publisher=google&sc_medium=ec2_b&sc_content=sitelink&sc_detail=aws%20ec2&sc_category=ec2&sc_segment=instance_types&sc_matchtype=e&sc_country=HK&s_kwcid=AL!4422!3!154806620787!e!!g!!aws%20ec2&ef_id=WMKCdAAAAFkeBvWy:20171231110522:s|title=Amazon EC2 Instance Types – Amazon Web Services (AWS)|website=Amazon Web Services, Inc.|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-23}}</ref>, you will have to select the appropriate instance according to your computing demands and prices. AWS price calculator can help you to take the right decision: https://calculator.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html.
* General Purpose: M5, M4, T2<ref>https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/t2/</ref>, [[t2.micro]] instances are [[free tier]] eligible, T2 ulimited (not free tier eligible)
* Compute Optimized: C5 (since November 2017) <ref>https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-compute-intensive-c5-instances-for-amazon-ec2/</ref>, C4. C5 instances are cheaper and more powerful than C4 instances.
* Memory Optimized: X1e, X1, R4
* Accelerated Computing: P3, P2, G3, F1
* Storage Optimized: H1, I3, D2


[[EBS]] storage can be attached to ECS instances.


== Timeline ==
* March 2022 Amazon EC2 adds new AMI property to view timestamp of the latest instance launch using the AMI: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/03/amazon-ec2-ami-timestamp-instance-launch/
* [[AWS GuardDuty EC2 Instance Credential Exfiltration]] <ref>https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-guardduty-enhances-detection-of-ec2-instance-credential-exfiltration/</ref>
* July 2018, New R5, R5d, and z1d Instances available.<ref>https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-available-r5-r5d-and-z1d-instances/</ref>

== Activities ==
* Read https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/ec2-classic-is-retiring-heres-how-to-prepare/

== Related terms ==
* <code>[[ec2-user]]</code> and [[Ubuntu]] usernames
* <code>[[ec2-instance-connect]]</code>
* <code>[[chmod]] 400 YOUR_KEY.pem</code>
* [[Amazon EC2 Spot]]
* [[Create aws ec2 instance with ansible]]
* [[t3.micro]] included in [[AWS free tier]]
* [[Amazon EC2 service quotas]]<ref>https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-resource-limits.html</ref>
* Basic and advanced [[monitoring]]
* [[Burstable]]
* [[macOS]], [[MacStadium]]
* [[AWS CloudFormation]]: <code>[[AWS::EC2]]</code>
* [[Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling]]
* [[Azure Virtual Machines]]

== See also ==
* {{aws ec2}}
* {{EC2}}
* {{AWS computing}}

[[Category:AWS]]


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