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Connecting to EC2 Linux Instance from Windows

Prerequisites for your Windows PC

Download PuTTY from www.putty.org

(This installation includes both PuTTY and PuTTYgen. Both these tools are needed)

Locating your EC2 IP Address

 In your AWS Console EC2 Dashboard, highlight the EC2 and note the public IP address.

EC2 Dashboard

 

Follow the below instructions from your Windows PC

  1. Start the PuTTYgen Tool and click Load
PuTTYgen Tool Load

 

  1. Locate and open the .pem file that was specified during the launch of your EC2.

 Open .PEM file

 

  1. Click save private key and YES to save the key without a passphrase. You can choose to use a passphrase if you like.

 Save Private Key

 

  1. You will then be prompted to enter a name for the key in the ppk format. It is recommended to use the same name as your pem file.

 Enter Name PPK

 

 

  1. Open PuTTY. At the configuration screen, enter the host ec2-user@your-ec2-ip-address. Make sure the port is 22.
PuTTYGenConfig

  

  1. Expand Connection, SSH / then Auth. Browse and open the ppk key.

SSHConnect 

 

  1. Click open. And you will be connected to the EC2.
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