Starting the Instance

• Open AWS EC2 and click launch instance

• Set your AMI and Instance type as you see fit

• For step 3, under advanced, paste or upload your userdata.sh file

• Start the instance
• Check logs at directory: /var/log/amazon/ec2/ec2-macos-init.log
• The script is stored at: /usr/local/aws/ec2-macos-init/instances/<Your-instance-name>/userdata
• Note: It’s always run as the root user from the root directory

Configure Userdata.sh

• #!/bin/bash should be on the first line of any shell/bash scripts

• Add a nice hello message thats easy to read

• Add RED='\033[0;31m' and call it like: echo -e "${RED}by SuMo" to make echos easier to read

• export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH Add to PATH, for things like brew/node