# Create an Ubuntu Amazon EC2 instance
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Do the following to create an Ubuntu Amazon EC2 instance.

**Create an Ubuntu Amazon EC2 instance**

1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the Amazon EC2 console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/).

   Verify that the appropriate Region is selected.

1. Choose **Launch Instance**.

   Complete the following fields:
   + **Name** – Type a name for the instance.
   + **Application and OS Images (Amazon Machine Image)** – Select **Ubuntu**.
   + **Instance type** – Select **t2.large**.
   + **Key pair login** – Create your own key pair.
   + **Network settings** – Keep the default.
   + **Configure storage** – Increase the volume to 256 GiB.
   + **Advanced settings** – Keep the default.

1. Launch the instance and SSH into it.

   Do the following:

   1. Select **Instances** in the left navigation, then select the instance ID.

   1. Choose **Connect** in the top-right.

   1. Choose **SSH client** and follow the instructions on the screen.

   1. Open a terminal and navigate to the downloaded `.pem` file (likely in `~/Downloads`).

   1. The first time you follow these procedures, you will receive the message "The authenticity of host (…) can't be established." Type **yes**.

1. Install system libraries to build the Amazon Kinesis Video Streams Edge Agent onto the instance.

   ```
   wget -O- https://apt.corretto.aws/corretto.key | sudo apt-key add - 
   sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://apt.corretto.aws stable main'
   
   sudo apt-get update
   
   sudo apt-get install -y gcc libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev liblog4cplus-dev \
   libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-base-apps gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad \
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-tools \
   unzip java-11-amazon-corretto-jdk maven
   ```
**Important**  
If you see a screen telling you that some services need to be restarted, press Enter to select **Ok**.

   For more information, see [https://docs.aws.amazon.com//corretto/latest/corretto-11-ug/generic-linux-install.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com//corretto/latest/corretto-11-ug/generic-linux-install.html).