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What is EC2 Instance?

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Goal

  • Learn about AWS EC2 Instances.

Defination of EC2 Instance

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), simply known as Instance, provides

  • On-demand, scalable computing capacity in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.

EC2 Instance is basically a server through which you are connected virtually in AWS.

Why use EC2 Instance?

EC2 Instance provides various Benefits:

  • Provides Scalability
  • Reduces hardware costs, as we only have have to pay for what we are using, as AWS follows pay-as-you-go pricing model.