Signing in to the Amazon EC2 virtual server instance

Last Updated : Jun 01, 2017 |

Before you begin

  • Convert the *.pem file to the *.ppk format.

  • Configure PuTTY for an SSH session

Procedure

  1. Open a PuTTY session for SSH.
  2. On the PuTTY Configuration dialog box, in the left navigation pane, click Session.
  3. In Host Name (or IP Address), type admin@<IP_Address>, where <IP_Address> is the IP address of the Amazon EC2 virtual server instance.
  4. Click Open.