Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Documentation

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is a web service that provides resizeable computing capacity—literally, servers in Amazon's data centers—that you use to build and host your software systems.

Amazon EC2

User Guide for Linux Instances
Describes key concepts of Amazon EC2 and provides instructions for using the features of Amazon EC2.
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EC2 section of the AWS CLI Reference
Describes the AWS CLI commands that you can use to administer Amazon EC2. Provides syntax, options, and usage examples for each command.
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API Reference
Documents the Amazon EC2 Query API.
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User Guide for Windows Instances
Describes key concepts for Amazon EC2 and provides instructions for launching and using your Windows instance.
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SSM API Reference
Documents the Amazon EC2 Simple Systems Manager (SSM) API.
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Migrate to Amazon EC2

AWS Application Discovery Service User Guide
Simplify your migration planning process.
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AWS Application Discovery Service API Reference
Documents the AWS Application Discovery Service API.
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VM Import/Export User Guide
Import your virtual machine images to Amazon EC2.
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AWS Management Portal for vCenter User Guide
Migrate VMware VMs to Amazon EC2 and manage AWS resources using VMware vCenter.
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Archive

Amazon EC2 documentation is available in PDF format for the following versions.

2016-09-15
2016-04-01

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