Free plan from Amazon WebServices - good for a small website?

Question

Amazon Web Services

I select the most inexpensive European VPS on Ubuntu.
I'm looking at AWS EC2 (free plan for 1 year).
Please share your experience with those who already use AWS.
You can only answer some questions that you have information about :)
1) Does the EC2 instance have some amount of disk space of its own so that I can install nginx, Java, etc?
As far as I understand, EC2 runs on temporary (ephemeral) storage. Data is not permanently stored on it, and when you turn on an EC2 instance, it is completely restored from its AMI image each time. That is, all settings, installed software, and so on fly off.
If so, is it possible to install all the necessary software, configure everything, and then create an AMI-image of the system, from which to deploy an EC2 instance? Will it withstand turning on/off?
2) In general, how complete is Ubuntu there?
Is there apt-get , and is it free to install packages?
3) Will it be possible to register again in a year, and again use 1 year for free? (of course, using a different phone number and credit card, but the same passport data)
4) Do I understand correctly that only 15GB of traffic is included in the free plan?

15 GB combined bandwidth across all AWS services
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5) Is it possible to create AMI images on the free plan?
And are there any restrictions?
6) Can I immediately select the desired host country for EC2 during registration?
I met information that it is possible to transfer instances in the future ( one , two ), but is it possible to select the desired location immediately upon creation?

Answer 1

1) EBS storage is attached to ec2 instances, the size of which you tear out yourself. you can stop the running and configured instance at any time and then the fee will be charged only for this storage. snapshots were invented for your purposes, ami image is more like a distributable image of the operating system than an image of your project)
2) the most common ubuntu server
3) you can
4-5) not in the know
6) you can choose the current used zone joxi.ru right in the panel /nAyq0WMsYN1x4A

Answer 2

Suitable even for a big one. Just keep an eye on the resources so as not to overestimate. Of the free locations, only the USA.