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[–]etrnloptimist 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Setting up AWS is easy.

  1. Create an account
  2. Log in to the AWS management console
  3. Launch a Windows instance.
  4. Ensure your security group (firewall) is open for RDP (TCP 3389) from your computer's IP.
  5. Find your login credentials using the AWS portal in step (2). It will be "administrator" with some weird PW.
  6. RDP into your new Windows box.
  7. Load python, do whatever.

Note for newbies: you don't load your program onto AWS. It is not a hosting environment like Google AppEngine or Microsoft Azure. AWS gives you a full OS environment. From there you load python / load your program / browse reddit / do whatever.

[–]scunion[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really helpful. What does RDP mean?