- If you haven't before, follow these instructions to get set up in Amazon EC2.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/get-set-up-for-amazon-ec2.html
- Follow these instructions to launch a new Amazon EC2 Instance. Use the Ubuntu AMI: Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS (HVM) and the m3.medium instance type. As part of this process, you'll download a .pem file, which you'll need to connect to the instance.
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-launch-instance_linux.html
- Connect to the instance by opening a terminal in the same directory as the .pem file you saved in step 2 and typing this command, replacing
xxx.pem
with the name of your .pem file, andxxx.amazonaws.com
with the public DNS name of your server, which is available on the EC2/Instances dashboard page.