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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**Pre-requisite** - Ensure you have selected the AWS region closest to your location\
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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

On the top right corner click on the **Launch instances** dropdown button and click on the option **Launch instance from template**

**Choose a launch template** wizard will open, select the option **MyEc2LaunchTemplate**

Refer to this guide to learn how to create a Launch template for EC2\
<https://scribehow.com/shared/Creating_Launch_Templates_for_EC2_instances__cPATKkwbTkSqsAvJNxhlLA>

Scroll to the **Resource tags** section and type **Microservice A** in the Value

Scroll to the **User data** section and type the bash script

On the right side click on the **Launch instance** button

Successfully initiated launch of instance

Congratulations on successfully creating the instance! Well done!

On the EC2 dashboard, click on the **Target Groups** from the left bar 

**What are target groups in EC2?**

In Amazon EC2, target groups are a feature of Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) that help route incoming traffic to instances or containers registered with the target group.

**Target groups** wizard will open, on the right side click on the **Create target group** button

Scroll to the **Target group name** section and type "**microservice-a-target-group**" in the text input field

Scroll the page and click on the **Next** button

**Register targets** wizard will open, select the Name **Microservice A**

Scroll the page and click on the **Create target group** button

Successfully created the target group: **microservice-a-target-group**

Amazon Web Services

This guide provides step-by-step instructions on using multiple target groups for microservices architectures.

Using Multiple Target Groups for Microservices Architectures