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Create a Custom AMI by Using an Existing EC2 Instance

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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 an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to use as a web server template.

  1. Create a key pair
  2. Create a security group
  3. Create an AMI by using the web server instance
  4. Create an Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instance by using the custom AMI
  5. Test the new web server instance

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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