This is step 1 of 6 of Hands-On Project 2 for Amazon Web Services. In this step, you prepare a virtual machine that is suitable to be a development computer in the cloud. Back to Project New VM, or Upgrade? Later in this project, we will be installing and running…
Author: Mike Denzien
Install and Prepare Bitvise SSH Client
You will need an SSH client in order to access your virtual machine. We will be using the Bitvise SSH client. A significant advantage of this client is that it provides an SSH command window, a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) GUI to move files around, and a Remote Desktop…
Creating an SSH Key Pair using ssh-keygen
To be able to connect to a cloud virtual machine from the public internet with at least minimal security, one easy method is to create an SSH key pair and use it to secure SSH access to your virtual machine. This post outlines a process for creating the key pair.…
Study Pricing and Usage Costs (AWS)
This is step 7 of 7 of Hands-On Project 1 for Amazon Web Services. In this step, you gain some experience with the Cost Management features of the AWS Management Console, and with the AWS Pricing Calculator. Back to Project AWS Cost Explorer Using the AWS Cost Explorer feature within…
Hands-On Project 2: Development PC in the Cloud
Overview The purpose of this exercise is to create a fully-functional Linux development computer, identical in functionality to your laptop or desktop, but in the cloud. Here are some reasons why it’s a good idea to do this: You’re probably used to working on a Windows computer for your main…
Image and Replicate Your Virtual Machine (AWS)
This is step 6 of 7 of Hands-On Project 1 for Amazon Web Services. In this step, you learn how to create an image of a fully-loaded virtual machine and create new virtual machines from the image, with pre-installed software. With these skills in hand, you can also confidently delete…
Provision Your Virtual Machine (AWS)
This is step 3 of 7 of Hands-On Project 1 for Amazon Web Services. In this step, you create a virtual machine (EC2 instance) and learn to access it using SSH. As part of the process, you will create an SSH key pair on your Windows computer, and also become…
Get Some Personal Storage (AWS)
This is step 2 of 7 of Hands-On Project 2 for Amazon Web Services. In this step, you create a Simple Storage Service (s3) bucket that you can use as cloud-based personal storage, and learn to access your storage account with the free S3 Browser client. Back to Project S3…
Prepare Your Account (AWS)
This is step 1 of 7 of Hands-On Project 1 for Amazon Web Services. In this step, you sign up for an AWS account (if you don’t have one), and create an IAM user so you don’t need to use the root user to access your account. Back to Project…
Study Pricing and Usage Costs (Azure)
This is step 7 of 7 of Hands-On Project 1 for Azure. In this step, you gain some experience with the Cost Management features of the Azure Portal, and an introduction to the Azure Pricing Calculator Back to Project Azure Cost Management Using the Azure Cost Management feature within the…