# Day 25 : Setting Up an EC2 Instance and CloudWatch Alarm

Welcome to Day 25. Today, we will learn how to set up an EC2 instance and a CloudWatch alarm. In this lab, you need to create an EC2 instance using the Ubuntu AMI and name it **devops-ec2**. Then, create a CloudWatch alarm and name it **devops-alarm**.

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Congratulations you did it. It looks good. This lab was successfully completed without any errors. See you in day 26. If you have any issues please let me know I will be happy to assist you. Stay tuned and learn together. If you find my article useful, please kindly like and share it.