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Launch a FreedomBox instance in the cloud
You can try out FreedomBox on a cloud instance before you make the decision to buy the hardware and set it up at home.
On AWS EC2
FreedomBox has pre-built images for the AWS EC2 service known as Amazon Machine Images (AMIs).
If you don't already have an AWS account, you can sign up for a free 1-year trial account here.
The t2.micro instances that AWS EC2 offers for the free tier are powerful enough to run FreedomBox instances for personal or a small family use.
AWS infrastructure is spread across several geographical regions. We recommend choosing a region with strong privacy laws. FreedomBox images are currently available in all AWS regions except eu-west-2 and eu-west-3.
Launching your FreedomBox instance
Go to the EC2 dashboard of your AWS account and follow these steps (in pictures):