Generating base instance

In this section, we will create a single EC2 instance that we will use as a template for the other two EC2 instances. This allows us to perform these tasks once and then have the output replicated to all the instances.

Create a Base Instance​

Navigate to the Instances section on the Amazon EC2 console.

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Click on Launch Instances.​

Assign a name to your instance. For this guide, we will call it Metagraph base image.

Choose an AMI​

In the Choose an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) section, select Ubuntu and then Ubuntu server 20.04. You should keep 64-bit (x86).

For the instance type, choose a model with 4 vCPUs and 16 GiB memory. In this case, we'll use the t2.xlarge instance type.

Select a Key Pair​

In the Configure Instance Details step, select the key pair you created earlier in the Key pair name field.

Select Security Group​

In the Network settings section, you select the security group you created earlier.

Configure Storage​

In the Configure storage section, you specify the amount of storage for the instance. For this tutorial, we'll set it to 160 GiB.

Launch Instance​

Finally, press Launch instance. Your base instance should now be running.

You can check the status of your instance in the Instances section of the Amazon EC2 console.