Make Free VPS Server with AMAZON EC2

Make Free VPS Server with AMAZON EC2 - I addressed this tutorial for web developers or anyone who is looking for a free VPS to test the product or its application.

Free VPS is offered by Amazon Web Services, so before you can use this VPS services, must first have an account on Amazon, for those who do not have AWS account can sign up here and for more info on this free VPS can be read here.

Well following a brief tutorial to make use of Amazon EC2 VPS.

1. Log in to your Amazon Web Service.
2. Upon entry into the console, select EC2 as shown below.

3. Then select the location of the VPS server by clicking the menu at the top right corner of the screen (on the right username). There are several locations, I chose Asia Pacific (Singapore).
4. Before making a VPS (EC2 Instance), should we do Security Groups settings first.
This setting is used to set any ports to be opened or closed. For setting up a Security Group, click the security group in the menu on the left, the menu is located under the Network & Security menu.
5. Once entered, click Create Security Group. Fill in the name and description, and then click Yes, Create.

6. Then click the security group you just created and then click Inbound tab.
7. In the combo box select Create a new rule port / service what will be opened. Then click Add Rule. Do the same for the port / service more. Should open ports / services SSH, HTTP, and HTTPS.
8. The next step is to create an instance of EC2. Click on sidemenu instance located on the left of the screen.
9. Click Launch Instance.
10. Next is to choose the Amazon Machine Image (AMI). Select the operating system image to be installed on a VPS. When choosing an image make sure that it says Free tier eligible under the icon. Only images that are a sign of free tier that can be used free of charge.
11. After determining what will be using the image, then click Select. I'm using Ubuntu Server 64-bit image.
12. The next step is to choose the type of instance. On the options tab instance, choose a Micro instance to get a free VPS.
13. Then click on the Review and Launch. Then be shown the details of the VPS have been.
14. Launch Instance Review page, select Edit Security Group to edit the security in accordance with that was created in step 5 above.
15. Choose Select an existing security group. Then check the name of the security group that was created earlier.
16. Then again click Review and Launch.
17. Click Launch. Wait a few moments a popup will appear.
18. In the popup select the key pair create a new key pair. Key pair is used as a key to remote into the VPS using SSH or FTP.
19. Click Launch instance and download key pair.
Once the process is complete, click View. Wait until the state of the VPS be running.
20. The next step is to provide an IP address so that the VPS can be accessed from the outside. Select the Elastic IPs under the Network & Security menu on sidemenu that are left of the screen.
21. Click Allocate New Address, and then click Yes, Allocate.
22. Click one of the column address gentleness. Then click Associate Address.
23. Select the instance and the network interface (ip address). Then click Associate.
24. The final step is to try to access the VPS that was created using a terminal or SSH program like putty.
25. Type: ssh-i file_keypair ubuntu @ ip_address on the terminal or putty.
26. Wait for confirmation and type yes to enter the VPS.

Congratulations you have earned a free VPS from Amazon Web Services.:)