How to create a cloud instance and how to access it for free

Bhaskar

 
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What is a cloud instance?

An instance is a virtual machine (VM) hosted on ready to use infrastructure belongs to cloud service provide. 

Today, Google, Microsoft and Amazon are among the top companies providing cloud services. Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and Amazon AWS are among the best cloud services. We can use different instances within these 3 service providers. But there are some price plans in this, the cost will have to be paid as per the way we use it.

How to create a cloud instance and how to access it for free

Today we will learn how we can use cloud services for free and do our work. For this, we will need two websites. Github & ngrok. Let's get started.

  1. Open internet browser & type www.github.com
  2. Register with a new account.
  3. Click on Home > New Button. It will create new repository. Now enter name & click on "Create Repository."
  4. Now Click on "creating a new file", in quick setup tab.
  5. It will ask a name for the main file. Give a name. & paste below code in the next texbox .
  6. Click on "Commit Changes". A new popup will apear, Click on "Commit Changes" Again.
  7. Next, in the menu in the upper side click on Action then " set up a workflow yourself ".
  8. Paste below Code  & click on "Commit Canges".
  9. Next goto Settings in the main menu. Click on " Action" under "Secrets & Variable" below in the left pane.
  10. A new page will apear, Click on "New repository secret".
  11. Here you will find two textbox to fill, Name & Sectet.
  12. Fill the name with Exactly given below:
    • NGROK_AUTH_TOKEN
  13. Now for the second part "Secret*", we need another site to continue.Open a new tab in browser & type www.ngrok.com & signin with Github ID.
  14. it will open welcome page of ngrok. Here you find all the supported agents (Operating System ), SDKs & Infrastructure will be displayed. Select " Windows" from the list & scroll below. You will find the Connect Section, copy the text right portion under the tag "Configuration File" as given in below image & Paste the text in to the textbox named "Secret" in the previouse tab of Github Page.
  15. Now Click on "Action" in the main menu again. Next click on "Create main.yml" under "All workflows"
  16. Click on "Re-run Jobs" then select "Re-run failed Jobs". A confirmation popup window will apear , need to Confirm by clicking "Re-run Job" Button.
  17. Now goto the ngrok site  & Click on "End Point" under "Cloud Edge" Section in the leftpane.
  18. It will show all the active URL. If not then refresh the page & repeat the same. Now it will show the URL. now click on the URL, new window will apear , copy right portion excluding "tcp://"  text in the heading or URL.
  19. Minimize all window. open Remote Desktop Connection from start menu & paste the copied text, Click "Connct".
  20. It will ask for ID & Password. use as given below:
    • Name: runneradmin
    • Pass: P@ssw0rd!
  21. Good to go now, after take a moment & it will start a widows server with fast internet service ready to use. 
  22. Things to keep in mind:
    • Thought it is completely free of cost but  the server link will active for limited time upto 6 hours max. Need to repeat the same process again to make it active & all data will lost after expiry of the link.
    • A command prompt will popup in the startup. Keep this window active & leave it minimize. Else the link will be deactivated.

Performance of the RDP:

Launce Process : Windows> Remote Desktop Connection

Instance Performance :
Operating System : Windows Server 2022 datacenter
RAM : 16GB
Storage Capaciry : 500 GB
Storage Type : SSD
Internet Speed : 2GBPS+ 
Up Time : 6 hours Max.


Copy Code :

name: Cl
on: [push, workflow_dispatch]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
    - name: Download
      run: Invoke-WebRequest https://bin.equinox.io/c/bNyj1mQVY4c/ngrok-v3-stable-windows-amd64.zip -OutFile ngrok.zip
    - name: Extract
      run: Expand-Archive ngrok.zip
    - name: Auth
      run: .\ngrok\ngrok.exe authtoken $Env:NGROK_AUTH_TOKEN
      env:
        NGROK_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NGROK_AUTH_TOKEN }}
    - name: Enable TS
      run: Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server'-name "fDenyTSConnections" -Value 0
    - run: Enable-NetFirewallRule -DisplayGroup "Remote Desktop"
    - run: Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp' -name "UserAuthentication" -Value 1
    - run: Set-LocalUser -Name "runneradmin" -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText "P@ssw0rd!" -Force)
    - name: Create Tunnel
  run: .\ngrok\ngrok.exe tcp 3389

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