# Launch and Connect to an Amazon EC2 instance

The easiest way to leverage Amazon Web Services from the Talend Studio is to have a Talend Studio instance available in an Amazon EC2 instance.

## Procedure

1. Connect to your Amazon account and then navigate to your AWS Management Console.
2. In the Amazon Web Services list, click EC2:

   ![](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/amazon-emr-getting-started/Resources/images/click_ec2.png)
3. To start an EC2 new instance, click Launch Instance:

   ![](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/amazon-emr-getting-started/Resources/images/launch_ec2_instance.png)

### In this section

* [Recommended settings of an EC2 instance](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/amazon-emr-getting-started/8.0/recommended-settings-of-ec2-instance)