PuTTY is open source SSH and telnet client software that allow you to remotely connect to your Amazon EC2 instance to install / update operating system, software, package, and so on.
Are you trying to Connect Amazon EC2 using puttyv? We can help you.
Here at Ibmi Media, as part of our Server Management Services, we regularly help our Customers to perform related AWS SSH queries.
In this context, we shall look into how to Connect Amazon EC2.
1.Check whether instance is ready.
2. Install putty on the local computer.
3.Convert your private key using PuTTYgen
Locate the private key (.pem file) for the key pair that you specified when you launched the instance.
Then, convert the .pem file to a .ppk file in order to use with PuTTY.
PuTTY provides a tool named PuTTYgen, which converts keys to the required format for PuTTY.
In order to convert your private key please follow the below steps:
Your private key is now in the correct format for use with PuTTY. You can now connect to your instance using PuTTY's SSH client.
4. Connect to your Linux instance
In order to connect to Linux Instance, do the following.
i. From the Start menu–>choose All Programs—>PuTTY.
ii. In the Category, choose Session and complete the below fields:
In the Host Name box, try one of the following:
iii. You can configure PuTTY to automatically send ‘keepalive’ data at regular intervals to keep the session active. In the Category, choose Connection, and then enter the required interval in the Seconds between keepalives field.
iv. In the Category pane–>expand Connection—>expand SSH, and then choose Auth. Complete the following:
v. If you are connecting for the first time, PuTTY displays a security alert dialog box that asks whether you trust the host to which you are connecting. Choose Yes. A window opens and you are connected to your instance.
This article covers the step you should follow to connect Amazon EC2 using putty.
How to Generate a PuTTY Private Key (.ppk) File ?
What is Amazon EC2 Instance?
1. Amazon EC2 instance is the varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking capacity that allow you to run your websites.
2. The best part of the Amazon EC2 instance is that it will allow you to scale your resources to the requirements of your target workload.