Creating EC2 Instance

Enhance your project by adding an EC2 instance alongside your existing AWS resources. In this lesson, we import the Pulumi AWS package to create both an S3 bucket and an EC2 instance, demonstrating how to export the bucket name and the instance's public IP address.

Code Example

The following code snippet shows how to define an S3 bucket and an EC2 instance with the necessary properties:

from pulumi_aws import s3, ec2

# Create an AWS S3 Bucket resource
bucket = s3.Bucket('my-bucket')

# Export the name of the bucket
pulumi.export('bucket_name', bucket.id)

# Create an EC2 instance with the specified properties
ec2_instance = ec2.Instance('web-server',
    ami="ami-053b0d53c279acc90",    # Ubuntu AMI ID obtained from the AWS console
    instance_type="t3.nano",         # Lightweight instance type for demonstration
    key_name="test1",                # Pre-existing key for SSH authentication
    tags={
        "Name": "web"
    }
)

# Export the public IP address of the EC2 instance
pulumi.export('public_ip', ec2_instance.public_ip)

EC2 Instance Properties

When creating the EC2 instance, you need to set the following properties:

Expected Terminal Output

Once you update your Pulumi stack, you might see terminal output similar to the following before confirming the update:

Type: pulumi:pulumi:Stack pulumi-demo-dev

Resources:
  2 unchanged

Do you want to perform this update? no
confirmation declined, not proceeding with the update
C:\Users\sanje\Documents\scratch\pulumi-demo

After correcting any issues (for example, typos in the tags property) and running the update again, a successful deployment will display output similar to:

Outputs:
  + public_ip : "34.205.89.1"

Resources:
  + 1 created
  2 unchanged

Duration: 15s

AMI and Instance Type Details

When launching an instance via the AWS console:

• Copy the AMI ID corresponding to the desired Ubuntu image. The console displays all the details, including the selected AMI.
• Pulumi’s auto-completion (IntelliSense) simplifies finding properties like instance_type, ensuring you choose the correct one (e.g., t3.nano).

Connecting to the EC2 Instance via SSH

After deployment, you can retrieve the public IP address from the exported output. The default user for an Ubuntu AMI is "ubuntu." To connect via SSH, use:

ssh -i test1.pem [email protected]

Conclusion

This lesson demonstrated how to add an EC2 instance with Pulumi while exporting useful outputs such as the bucket name and the instance's public IP address. With the correct security group configurations in place, you can now easily connect to your EC2 instance and proceed with further configurations.

For additional AWS and Pulumi resources, be sure to check out the Pulumi Documentation and AWS Documentation. Enjoy building your infrastructure!