AWS-EC2-ACCESS-WITH-PUTTY

How to access AWS EC2 ubuntu instances using PuTTY.

3 Steps to connect to the instance.

1. Create Instance
2. Download and install PuTTY.
3. Generate Key using PuTTYgen.
4. Connect to the instance using PuTTY.

Step 1 Create Instance

• Login to AWS Educate Account.
• Go to the services and click on EC2.

• Click on launch Instance.

• Select an Amazone Machine Image as Ubuntu Server 16.04.

• Choose an instance type t2.micro (Which is free).

• Click on Launch.

• Create key pair value if you already have you can choose that exist key pair.
• Give Key Pair Name.
• Download that key pair file (Key pair name + .pen).

• Click on Lounch Instance.

• Instance is Launched.
• Now, Click on View Instances.

• You can edit the name of instances.

• For edit the name of instance click on pen sign which is in Name column.

step 2 Download and Install PuTTY.

• For Download PuTTY open link given below.

https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html

• Now, Download PuTTY installer.
• After that install PuTTY.

step 3 Generate Key using PuTTYgen.

• Open PuTTYgen.

• Load Keypair file which we have download.(keypair.pen)

• Select key Pair Name file which we have downloaded during step 1 process.(.pen File)

• It will show you only private key (.ppk) files for selecting .pen file select All Files *.

• Save Private key (.ppk file).'

step 4 Connect to the instance.

• Open PuTTY.

• Select public IPV4 of instance.

• Give that ip as host.

• Save this session data to any session variable.

• Click on Connection -> SSH -> Auth.

• Browse that private key file which we have generated using PuTTYgen.
• Click on Open.

Now you can access your instace.

For Terminate Instance

• Select that instance -> Actions -> Insance state -> Terminate.

• Yes,Terminate