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Does Amazon EC2 allow to install tools?

In case of dedicates servers, we are allowed to install any software. Does Amazon EC2 instance allow to install tools?

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Symps Avatar asked Nov 19 '10 14:11

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2 Answers

Yes, EC2 is like a virtual machine that create to your own spec, and then request copies of it to be started by Amazon.

There is lots more information on this site:

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/

http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs

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Colin Pickard Avatar answered Oct 06 '22 17:10

Colin Pickard


Yes, EC2 provides the same as a dedicated server plus you can replicate the image and start multiple instances.

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sharptooth Avatar answered Oct 06 '22 16:10

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