使用 linux 终端通过 SSH 连接到亚马逊 Lightsail 实例

Question

How can I connect to AWS LightSail instance? AWS provides an web interface for doing this. But how can I do this with my terminal with SSH.

There are lots of documentations available for connecting from Windows with Putty.

Answer 1

1. Login to AWS account(lightsail.aws.amazaon.com)
2. Account -> Account
3. Navaigate to "SSH Keys" tab

4. Download the SSH Keys of the instance to which SSH connection to be made

   A pem file with such naming is downloaded LightsailDefaultKey------1.pem

5. Move the file to ~/.ssh/ location of your machine
6. Open the terminal and use the below command.

ssh -i ~/.ssh/LightsailDefaultKey------1.pem user@<public-ip>

Note: By the type of instance you have, use the corresponding username

Amazon Linux, FreeBSD, and openSUSE instances: ec2-user

CentOS instances: centos

Debian instances: admin

Ubuntu instances: ubuntu

Bitnami instances: bitnami

Plesk instances: ubuntu

Answer 2

use @kernelogy answer but make sure you set permission to your ssh key

chmod 400 LightsailDefaultKey.pem