Launch AWS Instance

To launch an instance:

1. In browser navigate to AWS and login with an appropriately privileged account.

2. Select Services.

3. In the Compute section select EC2.

4. In the left navigation pane, under IMAGES, click AMIs.

5. Select an Okta Access Gateway AMI imate and click Actions > Launch.
   The Launch InstanceAn instance, or computer instance, is a virtual machine (VM) or individual physical computer, used to host a software appliance. wizard will start.

   1. In the Choose an Instance Type select an appropriate Type, then click Next: Configure Instance Details.
      For development purposes t2.micro is sufficient.  Consult the capacity planning pages for instance sizing information.

   2. Skip forward to security configuration by clicking 6. Configure Security.
      

   3. In the configure security step create a new securityt group containing three rules for SSH, HTTP and HTTPS with values:
      

      Type	Protocol	Port
      SSH	TCP	22
      HTTP	TCP	80
      HTTPS	TCP	443

   4. When complete the new rules should resemble: 
      

   5. Click Review and Launch.

   6. Click Launch.
      

   7. In the Select an existing keypair dialog , choose Proceed without a Keypair, set the Acknowledge check box and click Launch. .
      Note: It can take anywhere from 3-5 minutes for your instance to launch.
      

   8. Click View Instances and wait for the instance to start.