In this article, we will learn how to connect the Amazon Linux instances from Windows client operating system. For this we will be performing the following operations:
- Create a Linux instance in Amazon AWS.
- Using putty application connect to the Linux instance from the windows client operating system.
Create a Linux instance in Amazon AWS:
Follow the below steps to create a Linux instance in Amazon AWS:
- Click on Launch instances.
👁 Image- Select the Linux instance.
👁 Image- Select the type of instance.
👁 Image- Click on launch and review.
👁 Image👁 Image- Create a new key pair and download the key pair and click on launch instance.
👁 Image- Click on view instances and you will see that the instance is in a running state.
👁 Image- By selecting instance click on the connect option then we will see the following information copy the address as shown in image.
👁 ImageConnect to the Linux instance from the Windows client operating system using Putty:
Follow the below steps to connect to the Linux instance from the Windows client operating system using putty:
- Install and open puttygen application and click on the load.
👁 Image- Browse and select the keypair file i.e. .pem file and click on the save private key and a .ppk file will be saved.
👁 Image- Open putty application and paste the host address copied from the connect to instance tab, which we have previously copied.
👁 Image- Now click on SSH and click on auth tab and browse for the .ppk file which we have saved earlier and then click on open.
👁 Image- You will be prompted to click on accept, click accept.
👁 Image- Now the putty terminal will be open where we can access the EC2 install that is running on AWS servers.
👁 Image- The sudo su command can be used to get root-level permissions.
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