Description: Canaries aren't just hardware devices. You can run Canaries inside your EC2 Cloud infrastructure, using the same Console as the rest of your Canary fleet.

Note: Like other Cloud Canaries, a registered, but offline, Cloud Canary will still occupy a license. If you've terminated a bird onEC2, don't forget to decommission it on your Canary Console too. See guide here to decommission a Canary.

Running costs in AWS - click here

Follow the steps below to create your EC2 Cloud Canary:

Step 1:

Log in to your Console.

Step 2:

Click the + icon and click Add Canary.

Step 3:

Click Add EC2 Canary.

Step 4:

Click Launch on the AWS region you want to deploy your Canary into.

Note: If the account/region is not available on your Console, please see our guide here.

Step 5:

You will be taken to your AWS account where you will need to Sign In.

Step 6:

Select Review and Launch to continue your EC2 Cloud deployment.

Note: We will automatically selected the instance type. EC2 Cloud Canaries are not high powered and only require a t2.micro instance.

Step 7:

We will also automatically configure the instance details, storage, tags and security groups.

Once you are happy with the configuration, select Launch.

Note: 

• The security group you select should allow traffic between the bird and the networks you want to monitor.
• Exposing your instance to the public internet will produce lots of noise. We recommend not opening up ports to 0.0.0.0/0.

Step 8:

Select Proceed without a key pair from the drop down and select Launch Instance.

Note: This is required by Amazon, but the Canary will not use the keys; there's no way to log in to the Canary remotely. You can also pick any keypair available in your EC2 environment.

Step 9:

Your instance is now launching.

Note: If the launch process returns an error regarding accepting terms, this page describes the steps you need to take.

Step 10:

Your instance is busy Initializing.

Step 11:

On your Console you should see a pop up to confirm your new Canary.

Click Add Canary.

Step 12:

Your EC2 Canary will boot and connect back to your Console.

You can setup your EC2 Canary from within your Console using the remote management - Guide found here.

You're done! ;-)

Costs per EC2 Cloud Canary

The AWS Birds run on a t3.micro and depending on the regions, the estimated cost would be $5 to $8 per month.

1. Set Location Type to AWS Regions
2. Set Region to the region your running your Canary in - note we've selected US East (Ohio)
3. Set Operating system to Linux - note this should be the default 
4. Type t3.micro in the search bar to quickly find the running costs 
5. The hourly costs is shown here and can be multiply by 730 hours in a month.

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