Open a web browser and navigate to the AWS Console URL by entering 'aws.amazon.com/console' in the address bar

On the AWS Management Console login page, locate and click the 'Sign in' button

On the AWS Console Home Page, locate and click on the 'EC2' service under the 'Recently visited' section

Wait for the AWS Management Console home page to load, ensuring the URL shows 'us-east-1.console.aws.amazon.com/console/home?region=us-east-1'

On the EC2 Dashboard page, find and click the 'Launch instance' button

On the 'Launch an instance' page, enter instanceName in the 'Name' text field

Select 'Amazon Linux' under the 'Quick Start' section for the Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Choose the instance type by clicking on the 'Instance type' dropdown and selecting instanceType

Click on the 'Key pair name' dropdown, search for and select the key pair named keyPairName

Review the instance configuration details, ensuring the correct instance type, key pair, and other settings are selected

Click the 'Launch instance' button to initiate the EC2 instance launch process

Wait for the instance launch process to complete, monitoring the progress bar (which should reach 100%)

Confirm the successful launch of the EC2 instance by checking for the green success message stating 'Successfully initiated launch of instance'