in ec parlancea running server is called an instance so nowwe want to select launch instance nowfollow the classic wizard select the amazon linux option (if you are familiar with one of the other offered linux distributionssuch as red hatsuseor ubuntuyou can also select one of thosebut the configurations will be slightly differentwe will start with one instance of the micro type this is the smallest possible machineand it is free accept all of the defaults until you come to the screen mentioning key pairwe will pick the name awskeys for the key pair thenclick on the create download your key pair button to download the awskeys pem file save that file somewhere safethis is the secure shell (sshkey that will enable you to log in to your cloud machine accept the remaining defaults and your instance will launch you will now need to wait for about minute for your instance to come up eventuallythe instance will be shown in green with the status "running right-clicking on it and selecting the connect option will bring up instructions on how to connect the following will be standard ssh command of the formssh - awskeys pem ec -user@ec- - us-west- compute amazonaws com