3.9 Launch AWS EC2 Windows Instance with Bootstrapping Lab

Please subscribe the channel to get an update with latest AWS, MicroStrategy videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFwVfgH4aCh6MXAgL0CcIow Step by Step Guide:- 1. Launch an instance in the Amazon EC2 console. 2. Choose the Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Base AMI. 3. Choose the t2.medium instance type. 4. Launch the instance in either the default VPC or EC2-Classic. 5. Assign the instance of a public IP address. 6. In the Advanced Details section, enter the following bootstrap text as UserData: script md c:\temp /script 7. Add a tag to the instance of Key: Name, Value: "XYZ". 8. Create a new security group and delete all the Rule. 9. Launch the instance. 10. Create a new key pair. 11. On the Connect Instance UI, decrypt the administrator password and then download the RDP file to attempt to connect to the instance. Your attempt should fail because the security group does not allow RDP access. 12. Open the Cert Book security group and add a rule that allows RDP access from your IP address. 13. Attempt to access the instance via RDP again. 14. Once the RDP session is connected, open Windows Explorer and confirm that the c:\temp folder has been created. 15. End the RDP session and terminate the instance.