Launch the first EC2 Instance

In this section, you will cover the instructions to launch the first EC2 instance which will host the first ActiveMQ broker.

Procedure

Open the EC2 console and make sure that Ireland region is selected.
Click Launch Instance.
In Choose AMI, select Amazon Linux AMI 2016.09.1 64 bit which is a good fit for this demo.
In Choose an Instance type, t2.medium is a good choice for this tutorial. Then, click Next: Configure Instance details.

In Configure Instance Details, use the following values then click Next: Add Storage:

Field	Value
Network	Select `Talend VPC`.
Subnet	Choose `Public subnet – eu-west-1a - ActiveMQ`.
Auto-assign Public IP	Select `Enable`.

For all other fields, leave everything as default.

In Add Storage, use the following value then click Next: Add Tags:
- Size = 8 GiB
In Add Tags, use the folowing value then click Next: Configure Security Group:
- Name: ActiveMQ Broker
In Configure Security Group:
- Choose the option Select an existing security group.
- Select the security group ActiveMQ Security Group.
  
  Then click Review and Launch.
Review your settings and click Launch.
Choose your existing key pair or create a new key pair if you do not have any.
Once you have set up your key pair, click Launch Instances.

For more information on AWS Key pair, please refer to AWS documentation at http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-key-pairs.html.

If you find any issues with this page or its content – a typo, a missing step, or a technical error – please let us know!