Creating your first EC2 instance to run a Go web application

Creating an EC2 instance on AWS is the same as getting a new machine and installing the required software to run a web application. In this recipe, we will create an EC2 instance, provision it, and run a simple Go web application.

Getting ready…

To start with the creating and deploying on an AWS EC2 instance, firstly, you have to create and activate an AWS account. Because this is out of context for this recipe, we will not be doing it here. 

A well-explained process you can follow to create and activate an AWS account is available at https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/create-and-activate-aws-account/

How to do it…

1. Login into AWS, move to the EC2 Management Console, and click on Launch Instance in the Create Instance section, as shown in the following screenshot:

2. Select Amazon Linux AMI 2017.09.1 (HVM), SSD Volume Type, as shown in the following screenshot:

3. Select the t2.microinstance type and click on Next: Configure...