How do I create a username for a virtual machine on the AWS cloud?

I am watching the video, "How to Run MATLAB in the Cloud with Amazon Web Services" to help me set up a virtual instance of Matlab on AWS. In the video around 2:28, it has you specify a username and password to log into the virtual machine. However, when I create a stack on AWS, there is nowhere to specify a username. I can specify a password, but no username. Then when I create my stack, I am unable to log in to the virtual machine because I have no username. What am I doing wrong?

[Mahmoud Kiasari]

I got this problem today.

As you can see below the Remote Password there is a message that said create this password for "Administrator" this is the username and the password is the one that you set in creating stack part.

Answer 1

[arushi]

Hi Nicole,

When setting up a virtual instance of MATLAB on AWS, the process involves creating an EC2 instance rather than a stack. The username for an EC2 instance is often predefined by the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) that you choose. For example, the default username for a Windows instance is usually Administrator, while for a Linux instance, it could be ec2-user or ubuntu, depending on the distribution.For Windows instances, you might set a password during the launch wizard or retrieve it later using the SSH key pair. For Linux instances, you typically use the key pair itself for authentication and do not need a password.

Hope this helps.