[Cloud] AWS EC2 Sizing & Configuration Options

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AWS EC2 Sizing & Configuration Options

  • Operating System(OS): Linux, MacOS, Windows
  • Compute Powers * Cores(CPU)
  • Random-Access Memory (RAM)
  • Storage Space
    • Network-Attached(EBS & EFS)
    • Hardware (EC2 Instance Store)
  • Network Card: Speed of the Card, Public IP Address
  • Firewall rules: Security Group
  • Bootstrap Script: EC2 User Data
    • Possible to bootstrap out instances using an EC2 User Data Script
    • Bootstraping: Launching commands when a machine starts
      • The script(command) is only run once when the instance first starts
      • Commands can include installing updates, softwares, downloading files, etc
      • Runs with the root user

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