Create Instances

This screen allows you create a new instance.

Select an Image

This panel allows you to select a base image to use for creating your instance.

  1. Refine your results by selecting filter values using the drop-down list boxes or by typing text into the Search text box.
  2. Select an image by clicking on the image in the Select image list.
  3. Click the Next: Select type button to proceed to the Type panel.

Select a Type

This panel allows you to specify the instance size, number of instances, and the availability zone of your new instance(s).

  1. Select an instance size by clicking the appropriate icon.
    Note: Information about the instance size is displayed when you click the instance size link.
  2. You can optionally type the number of instances to launch in the Number of instances text box if you want to launch more than one instance.
  3. If you want to specify an availability zone other than the default, select an availability zone using the Availability zone drop-down list box.
  4. Click the Next: Select security button to proceed to the Security panel.

Specify Security

This panel allows you to specify the key pair and security group that will be used by your new instance(s). NOTE: if you create a key pair or security group in this section, they will automatically be selected for use in your new instance.

  1. Select a key pair using the Key pair drop-down list box.
    Note: You can also create a new key pair by clicking the Create new key pair link to display the Create new key pair dialog box.
  2. Select a security group using the Security group drop-down list box.
    Note: You can also create a new security group by clicking the Create new security group link to display the Create new security group dialog box.
    Note: If you select the default security group, make sure that you've added rules to the default security group so that you can access your instances.
  3. You can optionally specify advanced options by clicking the Select advanced options link.
  4. Click the Launch instance(s) button.

Specify Advanced Options

This panel allows you to specify advanced options for your new instance(s). You can add user data, override the kernel and RAM disk IDs, specify private networking, and add additional storage.

  1. Specify custom user data by typing it into the User data text box or by attaching a file by clicking the Choose file button.
  2. You can override the kernel ID in the selected image with the Kernel ID drop-down list box.
  3. You can override the RAM disk ID in the selected image with the RAM disk ID drop-down list box.
  4. Click the Network check box to specify that your new instance should use private addressing only. Private addresses cannot connect directly to the Internet and must go through a NAT (Network Address Translation) device or an elastic IP address mapped to the instance.
  5. For EBS-backed instances, you can configure the root volume of your instance:
    1. Type the size of the attached storage in gigabytes into the Size (GB) text box.
    2. Select the Delete on termination check box if you would like the attached storage to be deleted when the instance is terminated.
  6. Click the Launch instance(s) button to launch your new instance(s).