Launching an instance
For this process you’ll need to have already subscribed to the pdfRest PDF Forms Pro Self-Hosted product on our AWS Marketplace page.
The Search menu in the AWS console, EC2 selected.

You can access the AWS EC2 console by logging into the AWS Management Console and then searching for EC2.

The Launch Instance dialogue in the EC2 menu.

Select Launch Instance from the EC2 Dashboard. This can also be found at the top right the “Instances” view.

Names and Tags with "pdfRest Forms Pro Self Hosted demo" filled in.

Enter a name for your instance.

The Amazon Machine Image interface in the AWS console.

Under Application and OS Images (Amazon Machine Image) select “Browse more AMIs”.

Search for pdfRest under AWS Marketplace AMIs and select pdfRest PDF Forms Pro Self-Hosted API. A popup view will appear that will allow you to review the product. Once you’ve finished reading, to continue forward select Continue.

The EC2 Instance type menu with t3.xlarge selected.

For Instance Type, we recommend a t3.xlarge for normal usage.

The EC2 Key pair console menu with an existing key pair name selected.
Select a key pair to use with this instance. If you do not have one, follow the link to create one. Ensure that you keep the private key. AWS’ documentation on creating a key pair can be found here.
The EC2 Network Settings menu in the AWS console.
Select a Security Group to use with this instance. If you do not have one then you can create one at this time. For the purposes of this guide, we’ll use our default security group. AWS’ documentation on EC2 security groups can be found here.
The EC2 Configure Storage menu in the AWS console.

Configure your storage volume. For our purposes we’ll use a 100 GiB gp3 volume. Note that the volume must be at least 100 GiB.

A Successfully initiated launch of instance notice.

You can then launch the instance. You should see a confirmation message such as this one, with the ID of the new instance. Clicking on the link will take you to your instances list, where you can find further details.