Disaster Recovery: How to Backup and Restore EC2 servers on AWS

Simple steps to backup and restore your EC2 instances on AWS - this tutorial will guide you through the process of creating backups and ensuring your data is safe and recoverable. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have a solid understanding of how to backup and restore your EC2 servers, a crucial skill for disaster recovery and maintaining high availability in your AWS environment.

What You'll Learn:
1. Creating a New EC2 Instance: Start by launching a new EC2 instance on AWS.
2. SSH into Your EC2 Instance: Learn how to securely connect to your instance using Termius SSH client.
3. Creating and Editing Files: Create a sample file (.pdf, .txt) and add content to it.
4. Taking an AMI Snapshot: Capture an image of your EC2 instance for backup purposes.
5. Launching a New Instance from an AMI: Use the created AMI to launch a new EC2 instance.
6. Verifying Data Consistency: SSH into the new instance to ensure the backup and restore process was successful.

Timestamps:
0:00 Launching of EC2 instance
5:48 SSH into the EC2 Instance via Termius
9:18 Creating Files onto the EC2 Instance and Editing
15:17 Taking an AMI Snapshot or Creating an Image of the EC2
18:57 Launching a New/Second EC2 Instance from the AMI
23:09 Exiting the EC2 Instance
24:35 SSH into the New/Second EC2 Instance
25:19 Verifying Data Consistency from Second EC2
26:26 Conclusion and Closure

Useful Links:
- Connect to an EC2 instance using Termius SSH Platform: https://youtu.be/5A0Qq_uokr8
- Write up on this Tutorial: https://medium.com/@adnan_inu/how-to-backup-and-restore-an-ec2-instance-in-7-simple-steps-eadb21bb95d9

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