out of the box, this is not working

[tgtwm1github]

ec2 Instance creation is ok

but ssh into instance is not working.

[anarsen]

@tgtwm1github What does your Terraform configuration look like?

[tgtwm1github]

There is no additional setup... I downloaded the example for two tier setup and run.... git clone https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-aws.git path for my example: $whereever-it-was-downloaded/examples/two-tier/ The default configuration main.tf has an ec2 creation followed by logging into the server and install and start nginx.... When I run terraform apply, it prompts for the keypair name and the "pub" file location... Here are the sequence of events and the catch 22 I see... 1 If I provide a keypair name that already exists in AWS, it errors saying that the keypair exists... so If I let it create a key pair, the pub file for that key will not exist so the terraform apply will not even start... 2. So, I create a keypair, download the pem file and run ssh-keygen -y -f and create a .pub file with the output. Then, I run terraform apply, this time, when prompted for keypair name, I give a name that does not exist in AWS .... Then when prompted for the location/path of the "pub" file, I provide the location where I create it from the step 2... Now , the ec2 instance is created but it fails to login to the instance to install nginx... The only change I made is I have updated the main.tf to change from "Ubuntu" to "ec2-user".... I would like to mention that once the instance is created, I can from my client, do ssh -i pem-file ec2-user@aws-ec2-instance it works. do ssh -i pub-file ec2-user@aws-ec2-instance it works. Thanks, Ganesh mobile origin; e&oe

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[joemsak]

Please try my comment and let me know #1493 (comment) - take note of the edit to do the public key as a sensitive variable as well (yes you can copy paste those entire keys into the value for the variables)

[justinretzolk]

Hey @tgtwm1github 👋 Thank you for taking the time to file this issue. Were you able to get your configuration working after reviewing the additional information from the comments above?