AWS Administration Cookbook

How to do it...

1. Go to the EC2 web console, select Reserved Instances, then Purchase Reserved Instances:

2. We now need to perform a search for the instance type you wish to purchase. In this example, we're going to choose the following:

• Platform: Linux/UNIX
• Tenancy: Default
• Offering Class: Standard
• Instance Type: t2.micro
• Term: 1 months-12 months
• Payment Option: All Upfront

3. Obviously, choose the options that best match your workload. You almost certainly want to choose Default as Tenancy here. Dedicated tenancy/instances are run on hardware that will be occupied by only one customer (you) and are a lot more expensive:

4. The console ...