Step 1: On the Review page, review or change the instance settings.
Step 2: Click Launch to launch the instance.
A confirmation page appears and shows that your instance is now launching.
Step 3: Click Close to complete the launching.
Step 4: In the Navigation pane, click Instances to view the status of your instances.
It takes a while for an instance to launch. The status of an instance will be "pending" if it is still launching.
The detailed information, such as Description, Status Checks, Monitoring etc., will be displayed below the instance list if an instance is selected.
For more information about AWS EC2 user guide, see http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/GettingStartedGuide/Welcome.html.