Exploring Elastic Network Interface - Hands On
- Hafeez Baig |
- 17 steps |
- 2 minutes
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
On the EC2 dashboard click on **Instances** from the left bar to view the EC2 Instances
Refer to the following guide to learn how to create an EC2 instance<https://scribehow.com/shared/AWS__Creating_your_first_EC2_Instance__Xcu7ZVCdRfWx56YVktKgbQ>
Copy the **Instance Availability Zone** which here is **"us-east-2a"** from the Availability Zone section **Note:** Make a note of this **Availability Zone** as you'll need it shortly in the process to Create a Network Interface
From the vertical bar click on **Network Interfaces** to view the interfaces
**What are Network Interfaces?** An AWS Network Interface is like an adapter for your cloud computer. It lets your virtual machine (EC2 instance) connect to the internet and talk to other machines on the network.
Click on the **Create Network interface** button from the top right of the page
The Create network interface wizard will open. Give a Description as "**Secondary Network Interface"**
Select and choose the **Subnet** where the Instance is located, specifically the one in "**us-east-2a**" that you noted earlier
Select **Auto-assign** for the Private IPv4 address
Scroll to the **Security groups** section, then select and checkbox the newly created Security group
Click on **Create network interface** button
From the vertical bar click on **Instances** to view the EC2 instances
Select the instance named - **First EC2 Instance**
Click on the **Actions** button from the top right of the page to select the **Networking** option from the Actions dropdown
Click on the **Attach network interface** option from the dropdown
**Attach network interface** wizard will open, choose the **Network Interface (Secondary Network Interface)** from the dropdown
Click on the **Attach** button to link the Secondary Network Interface to the Instance we've created
