Using Amazon EC2-compatible compute instances locally

Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page. All your compute resources appear in the Resources section.

If you have Amazon EC2-compatible instances running on your device, they appear in the Instance name column under Instances. You can see details of each instance on this page.

Choose Launch instance. The launch instance wizard opens.

For Device, choose the Snow device that you want to launch the Amazon EC2-compatible.

For Image (AMI), choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the list. This AMI is used to launch your instance.

For Instance type, choose one from the list.

Choose how you want to attach an IP address to the instance. You have the following options:

Choose how you want to attach a key pair to the instance. You have the following options:

Create key pair – Choose this option to create a new key pair and launch the new instance with this key pair.

Use existing key pair – Choose this option to use an existing key pair to launch the instance.

Do not attach IP address – Choose this option if you don't want to attach a key pair. You must acknowledge that you won't able to connect to this instance unless you already know the password that is built into this AMI.

For more information, see Working with key pairs.

Choose Launch. You should see your instance launching in the Compute instances section. The State is Pending and then changes to Running when done.

Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

In the Start computing section of the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page.

All your compute resources appear in the Resources section.

If you have Amazon EC2-compatible instances running on your device, they appear in the Instance name column under Instances.

Choose the instance that you want to stop, choose the Actions menu, and choose Stop. The State changes to Stopping, and then to Stopped when done.

Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

In the Start computing section of the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page.

Your compute resources appear in the Resources section.

In the Instance name column, under Instances, find the instance that you want to start.

Choose the instance, and then choose Start. The State changes to Pending, and then changes to Running when done.

Open Compute on the Amazon OpsHub dashboard.

In the navigation pane, choose the Compute (EC2) page, and then choose the Key Pairs tab. You are redirected to the Amazon EC2 console where you can create, import, or manage your key pairs.

For instructions on how to create and import key pairs, see Amazon EC2 key pairs and Linux instances in the Amazon EC2 User Guide for Linux Instances.

Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page. You can see all your compute resources in the Resources section.

In the Instance name column, under Instances, find the instance that you want to terminate.

Choose the instance, and choose the Actionsmenu. From the Actions menu, choose Terminate.

In the Terminate instances window, choose Confirm terminate.

The State changes to Terminating, and then to Terminated when done.

Open the Amazon OpsHub application.

In the Start computing section on the dashboard, choose Get started. Or, choose the Services menu at the top, and then choose Compute (EC2) to open the Compute page.

Choose the Storage volumes tab. If you have storage volumes on your device, the details about the volumes appear under Storage volumes.

Choose Create volume to open the Create volume page.

Choose the device that you want to create the volume on, enter the size (in GiBs) that you want to create, and choose the type of volume.

Choose Submit. The State is Creating, and changes to Available when done. You can see your volume and details about it in the Volumes tab.

Choose the volume that you created, and then choose Attach volume.

For Compute instance Id, choose the instance you want to attach the volume to.

For Volume Device Name, enter the device name of your volume (for example, /dev/sdh or xvdh).

Choose Attach.