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Connect to an EC2 Instance by Using RDP

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Part of AWS Technical Essentials TE.1 Topic: AWS

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What you'll do

In this challenge, you will create a Windows Server virtual machine by using Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

  1. Create a new key pair that you will use to decrypt the password for an EC2 instance
  2. Create a security group to allow access to an EC2 instance
  3. Create an EC2 instance by using a Windows Server Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
  4. Download an RDP file to your local computer
  5. Connect to the EC2 instance by using the RDP file

Note: Once you begin the challenge, you will not be able to pause, save, or exit and then return to your challenge. Please ensure that you have set aside enough time to complete the challenge before you start.

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