, we covered how to install a CLI to interface with the public NEO . However, we cannot develop our contract on this environment — it will cost us (~500 GAS or ~2.5k USD as of the writing of this article) to deploy here! Instead, it is good practice to deploy our own and test the our smart contracts there. To do that, we need a server … where better to get one than ! Lets get started! Last week blockchain private NEO network Amazon Web Services initiating an EC2 instance from AWS Step 1: Log into your , click on > AWS account Services EC2 > Launch Instance choose the Amazon Linux 2 AMI Select the t2.micro (free! if this is your first and only instance) Click You will then be met with the following popup: review and launch > launch! If this is your first instance, choose from the drop down. Give the new key pair a name > . Create a new key pair Download Key Pair Launch! Preparing the keypair for SSH Step 2: If you have not already done so, . download putty here We need to first transform your .pem file, into something putty can use (.ppk). Go to Windows Start, search PuTTYgen. Once open, click > drop down for Load All Files (*.*) > Choose myfirstkeypair.pem. Click . Save private key Are you sure you want to save this key without a passphrase? Yes Find your Public instance’s IP Step 3: Your instance should be up and running by now! Go back to the AWS console, Click on you should see the following: Services > EC2. Instances, make note of the and Public DNS (IPv4) IPv4 Public IP. SSH time! Step 4: Start up . under , > > click Browse for the .ppk file you generated through PuTTYgen. PuTTY Category Connection SSH Auth. Next go back to . Under , put the of your sever from . Under , give your server a name! Click ! Session Host Name Public DNS step 3 Saved Sessions Save Click Open! username: ec2-user We will stop here for now. If you’re new to , it is seriously an industry changing tool that we’ve only scratched the surface of today. Launching a single micro instance falls under “free tier” and shouldn’t cost you a dime! Do be careful: Amazon Web Services adding additional infrastructure (EBS volumes, increasing server sizes …) will incur cost! is a marketing platform for local business, generating engagement through small activities and rewarding users with cryptocurrency they can later spend on these stores. We know being a stand-alone business can be difficult — Nodis solves this by not only creating a community to help and engage, but represents that effort as spendable tokens! Nodis.io Follow us on and ! Instagram Facebook private NEO network on AWS (part 2). Stay tuned! Next week’s guide:
