Option 1: Launch an Ubuntu instance on AWS EC2

If you don't have a local Ubuntu machine, follow these steps to launch one on AWS EC2:

1. Go to the AWS EC2 Console and click Launch Instance.
2. Enter a name for your instance.
3. Under Application and OS Images, select Ubuntu and choose Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS as the AMI.
4. Under Instance type, select t2.micro or t3.micro.
5. Under Key pair, click Create new key pair. Name it, keep the defaults (RSA, .pem), and click Create key pair. The .pem file will download automatically — save it to ~/.ssh/.
6. Under Network settings, ensure Allow SSH traffic is checked and set the source to My IP.
7. Click Launch Instance.
8. Once the instance is running, copy the Public IPv4 address from the instance details page.
9. Set permissions on your key file and connect via SSH:

chmod 400 ~/.ssh/
ssh -i ~/.ssh/<your-key.pem> ubuntu@<your-public-ip>

1. Once connected, get root access:

sudo su