01-instance-setup.Rmd

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title: "Instance Setup"
output: html_notebook
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Create a new sever instance on AWS EC2. See the [AWS documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/WindowsGuide/EC2_GetStarted.html) for detailed instruction.

1. This example uses a Redhat/CentOS image with 2 cores, 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of disk. Your exact server size may very. 
2. Make sure to open these ports in your security group: 8787, 3939, 3838, 80.
3. Create a PEM key so you can log into your server.

## Log into your server

```{bash}
ssh -i ~/.ssh/my.pem ec2-user@<my-server-ip>
```

## Update your system

```{bash}
sudo yum update
```

## Add a user

```{bash}
sudo useradd -m rstudio
sudo echo "rstudio:mypassword" | sudo chpasswd
```