how-to-ec2.rst

Tutorial: Starting an EC2 Instance

This tutorial demonstrates how to use the AWS SDK for Java to start an EC2 instance.

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 1

   create-security-group
   create-key-pair
   run-instance

Prerequisites

Before you begin, be sure that you have created an AWS account and that you have set up your AWS credentials. For more information, see :doc:`getting-started`.