Sign in to your cloud provider using either:
- Web Portal (Browser-based console)
- Command Line Interface (CLI)
Navigate to:
- Compute (VMs)
- Databases
- Storage
- Networking
Select how you want to configure resources:
- Using Portal (GUI)
- Using CLI (Terminal commands)
Set up:
- Operating System
- CPU & RAM size
- Disk size
- Network settings
- Security rules (firewall)
Set up:
- Database engine (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
- Storage size
- Backup policy
- Access permissions
Set up:
- Storage type (Object, Block, File)
- Region
- Access control
¶ Complete Example: Configuring Resources Using AWS Portal and CLI
Go to https://console.aws.amazon.com
- Select EC2 → Launch Instance
- Choose OS: Ubuntu 22.04
- Select instance type: t2.micro (Free Tier)
- Configure storage: 20 GB
- Configure security group: Allow HTTP (80) and SSH (22)
- Select RDS → Create Database
- Engine: MySQL
- Instance: db.t3.micro
- Enable automated backups
- Select S3 → Create Bucket
- Region: Asia (Mumbai)
- Block public access (for security)
aws configure
aws ec2 run-instances \
--image-id ami-0abcdef12345 \
--instance-type t2.micro \
--key-name mykeypair \
--security-group-ids sg-123456 \
--subnet-id subnet-123456
aws s3 mb s3://my-cloud-storage-bucket
Resources are configured and ready for use using either portal or CLI.
Configuring cloud resources involves:
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Logging in via portal or CLI
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Choosing resource type
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Setting system, security, and storage options
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Deploying the resource
This allows flexible and scalable cloud infrastructure setup.