Chapter 5: Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)

By Ravindra Bagale · Last updated: 25 September 2026

Concepts in this chapter

1. 5.1Why EC2? Cloud vs on-premises
2. 5.2What is EC2? Key concepts
3. 5.3How to launch an EC2 instance (console, step by step)
4. 5.4Connecting to your instance
5. 5.5Elastic IP (static public IP)
6. 5.6Instance lifecycle: stop, reboot, hibernate, terminate
7. 5.7EC2 best practices

Review and practice

1. ★Common Mistakes I See Students Make
2. ★Interview Questions
3. ★Practice Questions and Lab Exercises