A.3 Already Have an Existing Amazon EC2 Account?

  1. In a Web browser, go to the Amazon Web Services console, then log in with your AWS identity and credentials.

  2. Create a key pair:

    1. In the left pane under Networking and Security, click Key Pairs.

    2. Click Create a Key Pair.

    3. Type a name for the key (such as xxxkey), then click Create.

    4. Save the xxxkey.pem file to a secure location on your local computer.

      This key is used later to connect via SSH (Secure Shell) to the Linux iSCSI Target virtual machine.

  3. Continue with Section A.4, Launching an openSUSE Linux VM Instance.