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>

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

Type **EC2** in the search bar and click on **EC2** to view the EC2 Dashboard

**What is EC2 in AWS?**

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) that allows users to rent virtual servers, known as instances, on which they can run their own applications. EC2 provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud, making it easy to scale computing resources up or down based on demand.

On the EC2 dashboard click on **Instances** from the left bar to view the EC2 instances

Click on the **Launch instances** button from the top right of the page

**Launch an instance** wizard will open, Type the Name as "**EBS Instance A**"

Scroll to the "**Amazon Machine Image**" section, choose the "**Amazon Linux**" Operating System image and select an **AMI** Eligible under Free tier

Scroll to the **Instances type** section and select **t2.micro** instance type, which qualifies for the free tier

Scroll to the **Key pair (login)** section and click on the **Key pair name** dropdown menu and select the **EC2 Default**

Scroll to the **Network settings** section, and click on the **Edit** button 

Scroll to the **VPC** section, click on the dropdown and select the **default** vpc

Scroll to the **Subnets** section and select the subnet of Availability Zone **us-east-2a**

Scroll to the **Firewall(security groups)** section and select the option **Select existing security group**

From the dropdown of **Common security groups,** select the **default** secuity group

Scroll to the **Configure storage** section and click on the **Add new volume** button

**What is Volume in AWS?**

A "Volume" in AWS typically refers to an Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume, providing persistent block-level storage for Amazon EC2 instances.

Review all the settings and click on the **Launch instance** button on the right side

Successfully initaiated launch of instance

Congratulations on successfully creating the EC2 instance "**EBS Instance A**"! Well done!

Amazon Web Services

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to create EC2 instances with Elastic Block Storage volumes.

Creating EC2 Instances with Elastic Block Storage Volumes