> Rules with source of 0.0.0.0/0 allow all IP addresses to access your
> instance. We recommend setting [security group rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using-network-security.html?icmpid=docs_ec2_console)
> to allow access from known IP addresses only.
- Click **Launch**.
- You will be prompted to create a key pair.
- From the dropdown choose "create a new pair", give the key pair a name.
- Click **Download Key Pair** and store the file in a safe place.
- Click **Launch Instances**.
- Head to your [EC2 dashboard](https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/v2/home)
and choose instances from the left panel.
- In the description of your EC2 instance copy the public DNS (iPv4) address
using the copy to clipboard button.
- Open a terminal on your computer and SSH into your instance:
```
ssh -i ${path to key pair} ubuntu@${public address}
```
## DigitalOcean
[Open your DigitalOcean dashboard](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/droplets/new)
to create a new droplet
- **Choose an image -** Select the **Distributions** tab and then choose Ubuntu.
- **Choose a size -** We recommend at least 4GB RAM and 2 CPU, more depending
on team size and number of repositories/languages enabled.
- Launch your instance.
- Open a terminal on your computer and SSH into your instance:
```
ssh root@${instance ip}
```
## Google Cloud
> Pre-requisite: Set up the [Google Cloud SDK](https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/)
> on your local machine
- [Open your Google Cloud console](https://console.cloud.google.com/compute/instances)
to create a new VM instance and click **Create Instance**.
- Choose an appropriate machine type (we recommend 2 vCPU and 7.5 GB RAM, more
depending on team size and number of repositories/languages enabled).
- Choose Ubuntu 16.04 LTS as your boot disk.
- Expand the "Management, security, disks, networking, sole tenancy" section,
go to the "Networking" tab, then under network tags add "code-server".
- Create your VM, and **take note** of its public IP address.
- Visit "VPC network" in the console and go to "Firewall rules". Create a new