Other options include detection of 'My IP' (as in yours), or 'Custom'. Note SSH port 22 is open to all (Anywhere) IP addresses with the 0.0.0.0/0 CIDR. Next comes the 'Configure Security Group' screen pictured below:Īccept the radio button of '🔘 create a new security group' for now. On the storage screen change the size to 16GB and click 'Next'. On the next Details screen click 'Next' to accept defaults. On the 'Choose an Instance Type' screen, select a free-tier eligible instance type as seen below:Ĭlick Next. I don't do that anymore as it is their own hodge-podge and there is naturally uncertainty of which package manager to choose and therefore the files. Normally, I chose Amazon Linux AMI as my distro of choice. But the AMI number is shown above in the text.

Note that the versions of the available or promoted AMIs (Amazon Machine Instance) will rotate over time and this is as of this writing. Step 1: On AWS EC2 click 'Launch Instance' and select 'Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 (HVM), SSD Volume Type - ami-775e4f16' as seen in the picture below. Typically this means a single micro-instance (1 Gb RAM) server running 24/7. Note that even though Amazon requires a creditcard on file, there will be no charges incurred for the first year if you adhere to their Free-tier terms. I am not affiliated with AWS I just enjoy using their services.

This is a relatively quick setup of MySQL 5.7.14 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7 (RHEL7).

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