Putty is one of the most popular SSH Client tools. Let’s look at how to use Putty to connect to AWS EC2 instance. This might come handy to you.
Step 1:
- Download Putty Software from here and Install it on your PC.
Step 2:
- Go to the start menu and type Putty in the search. The following Putty window will appear.
Step 3:
In the Category pane, choose Session and complete the following fields:
In the host name box, enter my-instance-user-name@my-instance-IP-address that you get from AWS. For example, ubuntu@44.552.53.18.
Step 4:
In the Category pane, choose SSH in Connection and complete the following fields:
- Expand SSH and select the Auth category.
- You will see the below screen
Step 5:
Click browse and open. Navigate to private key file.
- Now I am choosing the “key file” (.ppk file). This “.ppk file” is created while creating the ec2 instance on AWS.
- Select “key file” and click the open button.
- Then we can see the EC2 instance terminal. Now we are successfully connected to the instance.
I hope you understand the above article. Thank you for giving your valuable time to read the above information.
