Launching and Using Instances

Topics

Finding a Suitable AMI
Getting an SSH Key Pair
Adding Rules to the Default Security Group
Running an Instance
Stopping and Starting Instances
Ensuring Idempotency
Enabling Termination Protection for an Instance
Using Instance Metadata
Using Shared AMIs
Paying for AMIs
What to Do If an Instance Immediately Terminates
Getting Console Output and Rebooting Instances

This section describes how to launch instances and retrieve instance-specific data from within the instance. It also covers launching shared AMIs and security risks associated with running shared AMIs.

	Note
	If you create an AMI in one Region, you cannot launch it in another Region without migrating it. For information on Regions, see Region and Availability Zone Concepts. For information on migrating AMIs, refer to the `ec2-migrate-bundle` section in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Command Line Reference.

Related Topics

Using AMIs
Using Instances