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Choosing Availability Zone for EC2 Instance

  • Hafeez Baig |
  • 9 steps |
  • 2 minutes
  • Amazon Web ServicesAmazon Web Services
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Refer to the following guide to learn how to use IAM in the cloud\ <https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_an_IAM_User_and_User_Group_in_AWS_Management_Console__hWNiiXlcRJKFqYZZEJD-cg>
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Sign in to **AWS Management Console** as an **IAM User** **Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\ For this guide, we will be using us-east-2 (Ohio) as a preferred choice
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Type **VPC** in the search bar and click on **VPC** to view the VPC Dashboard
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The **VPC** dashboard page will open allowing us to explore various services like Subnets, Route tables, etc.
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On the left bar click on **Subnets** to view the available subnets of the selected region (us-east-2)
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On the Subnets dashboard, you can see the various subnets in the region, including their **Name**, **Subnet ID**, and **State**
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To explore Subnets in a different Region, select the **Regions** dropdown from the top right corner of the page
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Select **Asia Pacific (Mumbai) ap-south-1** as another region
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The **Subnets** dashboard will show the various subnets for the **Asia Pacific (Mumbai)** region
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Follow the same two steps mentioned earlier to see different subnets for the **Canada (Central)**, **Europe (London)**, and **South America (São Paulo)** regions
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While navigating through various regions, you'll encounter distinct subnets tailored for each Region and its Availability Zones
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Congratulations on completing this lab and Learning to Choose an Availability Zone for Your EC2 Instance! Good job!