Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

To use Amazon EC2, you need an AWS account. If you don't already have one, you'll be prompted to create one when you sign up for Amazon EC2. Signing up for Amazon EC2 also automatically signs you up for Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, which are closely integrated with Amazon EC2.You're not charged for any of the services unless you use them. To sign up for Amazon EC2 1. Go to http://aws.amazon.com/ec2 and click Sign Up for Amazon EC2. 2. Follow the on-screen instructions.