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Sign Up for Amazon VPC
The first task is to sign up for Amazon VPC.
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If you're already an Amazon EC2 user, then you're already signed up for Amazon VPC automatically. You can skip directly to Set Up the VPC and Internet Gateway. |
To use Amazon VPC, you must:
Sign up for an AWS account
Sign up for Amazon EC2 (which automatically signs you up for Amazon VPC)
How to Sign Up for an AWS Account
AWS accounts are free. The login for the account is an email address you specify.
To sign up for an AWS account
Go to http://aws.amazon.com, and then click Sign Up Now.
Follow the on-screen instructions.
Part of the sign-up procedure involves receiving a phone call and entering a PIN using the phone keypad.
How to Sign Up for Amazon EC2 and Amazon VPC
After you sign up for your AWS account, you need to sign up for Amazon EC2, which automatically signs you up for Amazon VPC.
To sign up for Amazon EC2 and Amazon VPC
Go to http://aws.amazon.com, click Products, and then select Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).
Click Sign Up for Amazon EC2.
Log in to your AWS account if prompted.
Follow the instructions.
AWS sends you a confirmation email.
