The many ways to launch FreeBSD in EC2

1 · Colin Percival · Dec. 26, 2018, 7:05 a.m.
Talking to FreeBSD users recently, I became aware that while I've created a lot of tools, I haven't done a very good job of explaining how, and more importantly when to use them. So for all of the EC2-curious FreeBSD users out there: Here are the many ways to launch and configure FreeBSD in EC2 — ranging from the simplest to the most complicated (but most powerful): Launch FreeBSD and SSH in This is the most straightforward way to get started with FreeBSD: Using either the EC2 API (most easily ...