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@@ -209,8 +209,21 @@ This is the URL for your public ECR repository.
 
 Obtain the DNS record for Riju's ALB from `terraform output` and
 install it as a CNAME record in your DNS panel. After DNS propagates,
-you should now be able to receive a 502 from Riju with no body
-content.
+you should now be able to receive a 502 from the load balancer.
+
+## Launch instance
+
+Navigate to your EC2 dashboard instances. Select "Launch instance from
+template" and select `riju-server` for the launch template.
+
+## Attach to target group
+
+Once your instance is running you can attach it to the target group.
+Navigate to Load Balancing > Target Groups. Select `riju-server-http`
+and register the instance that you just launched. Within a minute or
+two, you should still be getting 502s, but now with an empty response
+body (these are now coming from the Riju server itself rather than
+from the load balancer).
 
 ## Build and deploy