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# John Maina

@john-maina · KISII · Joined March 2026

### [How to Launch Your First Amazon EC2 Instance](https://maina-hash-node-dev.hashnode.dev/how-to-launch-your-first-amazon-ec2-instance?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is the backbone of AWS, allowing you to spin up virtual servers in minutes. If you are looking to get started, follow this simple visual guide.

2 min read · [maina-hash-node-dev.hashnode.dev](https://maina-hash-node-dev.hashnode.dev/how-to-launch-your-first-amazon-ec2-instance?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Mar 18](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-to-launch-your-first-amazon-ec2-instance/69bab95b8c55d6eefb2536a6)