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Exploring Elastic Network Interface - Hands On

  • Hafeez Baig |
  • 17 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 **EC2** in the search bar and click on **EC2** to view the EC2 Dashboard
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On the EC2 dashboard click on **Instances** from the left bar to view the EC2 Instances
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Refer to the following guide to learn how to create an EC2 instance<https://scribehow.com/shared/AWS__Creating_your_first_EC2_Instance__Xcu7ZVCdRfWx56YVktKgbQ>
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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
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From the vertical bar click on **Network Interfaces** to view the interfaces
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**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.
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Click on the **Create Network interface** button from the top right of the page
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The Create network interface wizard will open. Give a Description as "**Secondary Network Interface"**
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Select and choose the **Subnet** where the Instance is located, specifically the one in "**us-east-2a**" that you noted earlier
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Select **Auto-assign** for the Private IPv4 address
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Scroll to the **Security groups** section, then select and checkbox the newly created Security group
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Click on **Create network interface** button
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From the vertical bar click on **Instances** to view the EC2 instances
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Select the instance named - **First EC2 Instance**
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Click on the **Actions** button from the top right of the page to select the **Networking** option from the Actions dropdown
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Click on the **Attach network interface** option from the dropdown
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**Attach network interface** wizard will open, choose the **Network Interface (Secondary Network Interface)** from the dropdown
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Click on the **Attach** button to link the Secondary Network Interface to the Instance we've created