Create CloudShell instance

Create CloudShell instance.

In this step, we will access the CloudShell service administration interface and proceed to create a CloudShell instance.

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console.

CloudShell

  1. Click on the search box, type CloudShell.
  • Click on CloudShell icon to go to CloudShell admin interface.

CloudShell

  1. At the CloudShell admin interface.
  • Click Create environment.

CloudShell

  1. At Name environment page.
  • Name your CloudShell instance.
  • Example: CloudShellinstance.
  • Click Next step.

CloudShell

  1. At Configure settings page.
  • Section Environment settings.
    • Environment type : Select Create a new EC2 instance for environment (direct access).
    • Instance type : Select t2.micro.
    • Platform : Select Amazon Linux2.

CloudShell

  1. Drag down the screen.
  • Cost-saving setting : select After 30 minutes. Allows to automatically stop CloudShell instances to save costs.
  • Click Next step.

CloudShell

  1. At Review page.
  • Check the selected configuration.
  • Scroll to the bottom of the page, click Create environment.
  1. It will take a few minutes for CloudShell Instance to be initialized.

CloudShell

  1. Click the close icon to close the Welcome and AWS Toolkit tabs if not needed.

CloudShell

Congratulations on completing the creation of CloudShell instance, in the next steps we will try to perform some basic operations on CloudShell.