Setting up an MSSQL server instance on EC2

Launching the VM

1. Go to AWS
2. Open the EC2 Dashboard
3. Launch instance
4. On "Choose an Amazon Machine Image" choose the image "Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2"
5. On "Choose an Instance Type" choose "t2.macro"
6. On "Tag Instance" specify a name (e.g. "SQL Server")
7. On "Configure Security Group" add a rule with
   7.1. Type: Custom TCP Rule
   7.2. Protocol: TCP
   7.3. Port Range: 1433
   7.4. Source: Anywhere 0.0.0.0/0
8. Click "Review and Launch"
9. Optional: Create a new key pair and download it

Configuring the VM

1. Download the "Microsoft Remote Desktop" app
2. Configure new configuration
   2.1. PC name: Use the Public DNS of the VM
   2.2. User: Administrator
   2.3. Password: Can be received by rightclicking on the VM and "Get Windows Password"
3. Connect
4. Download the "SQL Server Express" via PowerShell:
   4.1. wget https://download.microsoft.com/download/9/A/E/9AE09369-C53D-4FB7-985B-5CF0D547AE9F/SQLServer2016-SSEI-Expr.exe -OutFile SQLServer2016-SSEI-Expr.exe
5. Download the "SQL Server Management Studio"
   5.1. wget http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=824938 -OutFile SSMS.exe
6. Install SQL Server Express with the "Basic" option
7. Install the SQL Server Management Studio
8. Open port to the public
   8.1. Start the "SQL Server Configuration Manager"
   8.2. Click "SQL Server Network Configuration"
   8.3. Open "Protocols for SQLEXPRESS"
   8.4. Right-click "TCP/IP" --> Click "Properties"
   8.5. Under "Protocol": Set Enabled to Yes
   8.6. Under "IP Addresses": Set all "TCP Port" values to 1433
   8.7. Restart the SQL Server instance
   8.8. Go to the windows firewall
   8.9. Click Advanced Settings
   8.10. Add new inbound rule which allows 1433 TCP connections
9. Enable "Mixed Authentication mode"
   9.1. Open the "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio"
   9.2. Right click the SQL Server instance --> Click "Properties"
   9.3. Open the "Security" menu
   9.4. Change the Server authentication value to "SQL Server and Windows Authentication mode"
   9.5. Save and restart the SQL Server instance
10. Create Login
    10.1. In the "Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio" right-click on Security -> Logins and hit the "New Login" item
    10.2. Login name: sequelize
    10.3. SQL Server authentication --> Set password
    10.4. Disable "Enforce password policy"
11. Prepare databases
    11.0. Get mssql-server-creation.sql
    11.1. cat mssql-server-creation.sql|pbcopy
    11.2. Paste snippet into a query on the server
    11.3. Run script
    11.4. It will take a bit and create 101 databases