AWS Setup & Automated Collection of Tweets

Setup for R/RStudio in AWS

  1. Create an AWS Account and log in
  2. Under Build a Solution click on Launch a Vertual Machine
  3. Under EC2 Instance click Get Started
  4. Name your EC2 Instance (eg. RStudio)
  5. You may be asked to choose a region, choose East Coast
  6. Select AMI from http://www.louisaslett.com/RStudio_AMI/
  7. Source: My IP (Otherwise anyone can log onto your instance and use it, steal your data)

Notes:

http://strimas.com/r/rstudio-cloud-1/
https://toreopsahl.com/2011/10/17/securely-using-r-and-rstudio-on-amazons-ec2/