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# Week 2

# Lab 2
**Remeber to terminate instances after use!!**

- SIGN UP FOR AWS ACADEMY
- SIGN UP FOR A REAL AWS ACCOUNT
- UNDERSTAND RETRIEVING AWS CREDENTIALS
- GENERATE/USE A KEY PAIR FOR REMOTE ACCESS
- MANIPULATE SECURITY GROUPS FOR REMOTE ACCESS
- LAUNCH AWS INSTANCES

<img src="https://i.imgur.com/g0dghBk.jpg" width="60%">

**Ensure commands are running in the right place**
$ hostname
To check system's host name.