Launching an EC2 instance using a Deep Learning AMI

Launching an EC2 instance from a DLAMI is straightforward. Once we have an idea of which DLAMI to use, the rest of the steps would just be focused on configuring and launching the EC2 instance. The cool thing here is that we are not limited to launching a single instance from an existing image. During the configuration stage, before an instance is launched from an AMI, it is important to note that we can specify the desired value for the number of instances to be launched (for example, 20). This would mean that instead of launching a single instance, we would launch 20 instances all at the same time instead.

Figure 2.2 – Steps to launch an EC2 instance using a DLAMI

We will divide this section into four parts. As shown in the preceding diagram, we’ll start by locating the framework-specific Deep Learning AMI in the AMI Catalog – a repository that contains a variety of AMIs that can be...