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As an incentive to use their service, Amazon Web Services offers new users a “free tier” of service that provides a VPS “micro-instance” at no cost for one year.

The free tier of service is fairly flexible. Amazon AWS provides enough free hours to run the micro-instance twenty-four hours a day for a year but, if a user needs more services, he or she may create multiple micro instances and run them concurrently, which multiplies the rate the user consumes hours. For example, one could run two micro-instances concurrently every day for six months; or twelve for one month.

In this thread, i ll show how to set up the free server, and how to connect to it using RDP service

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Is port 22 for smtp

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Create an AWS account

The first step is to create a user account on AWS. Go to the AWS Free Tier web page at

Then, click on “Create a free Account”.

Click on the “Free Account” button
Follow the directions provided on the AWS web site to set up a user account. You need to have a mobile phone for identity verification.

If you already have an account on amazon.com, you can use your already existing account to log into AWS services.

The first step is to create a user account on AWS. Go to the AWS Free Tier web page at https://aws.amazon. com/free/ and click on “Sign up for AWS Account”Then, click on “Create a free Account”.Click on the “Free Account” buttonFollow the directions provided on the AWS web site to set up a user account. You need to have a mobile phone for identity verification.If you already have an account on amazon.com, you can use your already existing account to log into AWS services.

Create a free instance
Amazon AWS provides excellent documentation and video tutorials. You can follow the Amazon documentation or you can follow the procedure we describe below.

Log into the AWS Console web page, login using your Amazon userid and password.

Select datacenter location

Select the datacenter where your instance will be created. When you are experimenting with a free VPS, you should choose the datacenter closer to your location.

Use the Elastic Compute (EC2) service

Access the Elastic Compute service. Click on “EC2” in the upper-left corner of the AWS portal page.

Choose base image

Click on big “Launch instance” button. You will see the available instance types. Note: you can upload your own if you need to, but that is another topic.

Click on the “Free-tier only” check box to show the images available for the free micro-instance option we are using.

HVM or PV?

When selecting and instance, pay attention to whether it is an HVM instance or a PV instance. This is usually indicated in parenthesis at the end of the instance name. To understand the difference between HVM instances and PV instances, see the Amazon AWS virtualization types section of the AWS documentation.

The summary is that HVM is probably the best instance type for most users. Choose HVM.

Select instance type

Choose the default instance type, t2.micro, which is eligible for the free tier of service. Then, click on the “Next: Configure Instance Details” button at the bottom left of the page.

Select micro instance
Use all the default settings. Click on the “Review and Launch” button.

Launch the instance

Review settings and launch the instance. For now, ignore the security warning. Depending on how you plan to use your instance you may wish to set stronger security setting.

Click on the “Launch” button.

Download private key

You will be asked to select a key pair that the instance will use to identify the legitimate user who connects to it via SSH when it is running.

A key pair consists of a public key that AWS stores, and a private key file that you store. Together, they allow you to connect to your instance securely. The private key file allows you to securely SSH into your instance.1

Choose the “Create a new key pair” option from the menu options, then give the key pair a name.

Then click on “Download Key Pair”. Save the file to your hard drive.

Manage instances

After you clicked on the “Launch Instances” button, the instance started launching. To manage instances, click the “view Instance” button.

See the instances you have created in the AWS Console. In my case I have two instances: one I created earlier and the one I created just now, which is initializing.

Wait until the status of the instance changes to “running”, then log into it.

Log in to the VPS
And one more screen with the information about the new VPS account.

Congratulations! Now you have a virtual PC running!

The only thing that remains now is to figure out how to connect to your virtual PC.

Right-click on the selected line on the previous picture and select «Connect».

To decrypt the password, you need the keys that were created previously. Press “Choose File” and select the .PEM file with keys. Press the button «Decrypt Password». After that you will be able to see your Username and Password.

Write down your password in a safe place. Now press «Download Remote Desktop File» and download the remote access file for the VPS, with the .RDP extension.

Run the downloaded .RDP file. Click Connect, and then connect again. A window opens with a login and password, enter them.

That is ALL! You are connected to the VPS. Let’s go for a beer, you’ve earned it

For connection you will need to know the User name and the Password. The user name is Administrator by default (later you can always change it), and the password is encrypted. Press the button «Get Password».To decrypt the password, you need the keys that were created previously. Press “Choose File” and select the .PEM file with keys. Press the button «Decrypt Password». After that you will be able to see your Username and Password.Write down your password in a safe place. Now press «Download Remote Desktop File» and download the remote access file for the VPS, with the .RDP extension.Run the downloaded .RDP file. Click Connect, and then connect again. A window opens with a login and password, enter them.That is ALL! You are connected to the VPS. Let’s go for a beer, you’ve earned it

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Very Informative

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PLS HOW CAN LOG INTO IT FROM MY ANDRIOD FONE

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Thanks for the post, very good tutorial !

How long is this free, the first year?