Logging in to AWS Management Console

Step 1: Open the Amazon Web Service at http://aws.amazon.com.

Step 2: Select AWS Management Console from the My Account/Console dropdown list box.

Step 3: Enter the email address you specified when signing up for AWS Management Console.

Verify that you have signed up. If not, follow the steps below to sign up:

  • Follow the on-screen instructions to finish signing up.

Step 4: Select the I am a returning user and my password is radio button and enter your password.

Step 5: Click Sign in using our secure server to proceed. The AWS Management Console home page appears.

Figure 24. AWS Management Console home page

AWS Management Console home page

In the AWS Management Console home page, you can click EC2 under Compute & Networking to create and launch an Amazon EC2 instance, and then click S3 under Storage & Content Delivery to upload the file packages. For detailed instructions, please refer to: