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+package com.baeldung.ec2;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSCredentials;
+import com.amazonaws.auth.AWSStaticCredentialsProvider;
+import com.amazonaws.auth.BasicAWSCredentials;
+import com.amazonaws.regions.Regions;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.AmazonEC2;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.AmazonEC2ClientBuilder;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngressRequest;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.CreateKeyPairRequest;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.CreateKeyPairResult;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.CreateSecurityGroupRequest;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DescribeInstancesRequest;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DescribeInstancesResult;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DescribeKeyPairsRequest;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.DescribeKeyPairsResult;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.IpPermission;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.IpRange;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.MonitorInstancesRequest;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.RebootInstancesRequest;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.RunInstancesRequest;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.StartInstancesRequest;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.StopInstancesRequest;
+import com.amazonaws.services.ec2.model.UnmonitorInstancesRequest;
+
+public class EC2Application {
+
+    private static final AWSCredentials credentials;
+
+    static {
+        // put your accesskey and secretkey here
+        credentials = new BasicAWSCredentials(
+            "<AWS accesskey>", 
+            "<AWS secretkey>"
+        );
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+        String yourInstanceId = "<you-instance>";
+        
+        // 0) - Set up the client
+        AmazonEC2 ec2Client = AmazonEC2ClientBuilder.standard()
+            .withCredentials(new AWSStaticCredentialsProvider(credentials))
+            .withRegion(Regions.US_EAST_1)
+            .build();
+
+        // 1) - Create a security group
+        CreateSecurityGroupRequest createSecurityGroupRequest = new CreateSecurityGroupRequest().withGroupName("BaeldungSecurityGroup")
+            .withDescription("Baeldung Security Group");
+        ec2Client.createSecurityGroup(createSecurityGroupRequest);
+
+        // 2) - Allow HTTP and SSH traffic
+        IpRange ipRange1 = new IpRange().withCidrIp("0.0.0.0/0");
+
+        IpPermission ipPermission1 = new IpPermission().withIpv4Ranges(Arrays.asList(new IpRange[] { ipRange1 }))
+            .withIpProtocol("tcp")
+            .withFromPort(80)
+            .withToPort(80);
+
+        IpPermission ipPermission2 = new IpPermission().withIpv4Ranges(Arrays.asList(new IpRange[] { ipRange1 }))
+            .withIpProtocol("tcp")
+            .withFromPort(22)
+            .withToPort(22);
+
+        AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngressRequest authorizeSecurityGroupIngressRequest = new AuthorizeSecurityGroupIngressRequest()
+            .withGroupName("BaeldungSecurityGroup")
+            .withIpPermissions(ipPermission1, ipPermission2);
+
+        ec2Client.authorizeSecurityGroupIngress(authorizeSecurityGroupIngressRequest);
+
+        // 3) - Create KeyPair
+        CreateKeyPairRequest createKeyPairRequest = new CreateKeyPairRequest()
+            .withKeyName("baeldung-key-pair");
+        CreateKeyPairResult createKeyPairResult = ec2Client.createKeyPair(createKeyPairRequest);
+        String privateKey = createKeyPairResult
+            .getKeyPair()
+            .getKeyMaterial(); // make sure you keep it, the private key, Amazon doesn't store the private key
+
+        // 4) - See what key-pairs you've got
+        DescribeKeyPairsRequest describeKeyPairsRequest = new DescribeKeyPairsRequest();
+        DescribeKeyPairsResult describeKeyPairsResult = ec2Client.describeKeyPairs(describeKeyPairsRequest);
+
+        // 5) - Launch an Amazon Instance
+        RunInstancesRequest runInstancesRequest = new RunInstancesRequest().withImageId("ami-97785bed") // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html | https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/usingsharedamis-finding.html
+            .withInstanceType("t2.micro") // https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance-types.html
+            .withMinCount(1)
+            .withMaxCount(1)
+            .withKeyName("baeldung-key-pair") // optional - if not present, can't connect to instance
+            .withSecurityGroups("BaeldungSecurityGroup");
+
+        ec2Client.runInstances(runInstancesRequest);
+
+        // 6) Monitor Instances
+        MonitorInstancesRequest monitorInstancesRequest = new MonitorInstancesRequest()
+            .withInstanceIds(yourInstanceId);
+
+        ec2Client.monitorInstances(monitorInstancesRequest);
+
+        UnmonitorInstancesRequest unmonitorInstancesRequest = new UnmonitorInstancesRequest()
+            .withInstanceIds(yourInstanceId);
+
+        ec2Client.unmonitorInstances(unmonitorInstancesRequest);
+
+        // 7) - Reboot an Instance
+
+        RebootInstancesRequest rebootInstancesRequest = new RebootInstancesRequest()
+            .withInstanceIds(yourInstanceId);
+
+        ec2Client.rebootInstances(rebootInstancesRequest);
+
+        // 8) - Stop an Instance
+        StopInstancesRequest stopInstancesRequest = new StopInstancesRequest()
+            .withInstanceIds(yourInstanceId);
+
+        ec2Client.stopInstances(stopInstancesRequest)
+            .getStoppingInstances()
+            .get(0)
+            .getPreviousState()
+            .getName();
+
+        // 9) - Start an Instance
+        StartInstancesRequest startInstancesRequest = new StartInstancesRequest()
+            .withInstanceIds("instance-id");
+
+        ec2Client.startInstances(startInstancesRequest);
+
+        // 10) - Describe an Instance
+        DescribeInstancesRequest describeInstancesRequest = new DescribeInstancesRequest();
+        DescribeInstancesResult response = ec2Client.describeInstances(describeInstancesRequest);
+        System.out.println(response.getReservations()
+            .get(0)
+            .getInstances()
+            .get(0)
+            .getKernelId());
+    }
+}