Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Documentation

Amazon EC2 Getting Started Guide

This guide introduces you to the product, helps you set up an account, and walks you through a simple example to use the product for the first time. To help you move beyond the example it provides tips and links to advanced product features and resources.
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Amazon EC2 User Guide

This guide provides a conceptual overview of the product and includes detailed instructions for using the various features.
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Amazon EC2: Microsoft Windows Guide

This guide provides a conceptual overview and instructions for launching and using Windows instances on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud.

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Amazon EC2 API Reference

This is a detailed reference guide that describes all the API operations for this product in detail. In addition, it provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.
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Amazon EC2 Command Line Reference

This is a detailed reference guide that describes all the command line tools for this product in detail. It provides basic syntax, options, and usage examples for each tool.
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Amazon EC2 Quick Reference Card

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This document briefly covers the essential commands for using the service from the command line interface.
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Amazon EC2 How to Get Started Video Series

Learn how to get started with Amazon EC2 using the AWS Management Console. These feature clips cover the major aspects of Amazon EC2, from setting up an account to launching and terminating Amazon EC2 instances. You can view the full set of videos or skip ahead to a specific feature clip.
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