Connect over ssh using a pem file

Question

I would like to know how to connect over ssh using a  pem file to any server   Currently I m executing the following command   ssh user mydomain com   What option should I use

User · Answer

You can connect to a AWS ec-2 instance using the following commands.

chmod 400 mykey.pem

ssh -i mykey.pem username@your-ip

by default the machine name usually be like ubuntu since usually ubuntu machine is used as a server so the following command will work in that case.

ssh -i mykey.pem ubuntu@your-ip

User · Answer

Use the -i option   ssh -i mykey pem user mydomain com   As noted in this answer  this file needs to have correct permissions set   The ssh man page says      ssh will simply ignore a private key file if it is accessible by others    You can change the permissions with this command   chmod go  mykey pem   That is  set permissions for group and others equal to the empty list of permissions

User · Answer

To connect from Terminal to AWS AMI  chmod 400 mykey pem  ssh -i mykey pem ec2-user mydomain com

User · Answer

For AWS if the user is ubuntu use the following to connect to remote server    chmod 400 mykey pem  ssh -i mykey pem ubuntu your-ip

User · Answer

chmod 400 mykey pem  ssh -i mykey pem user mydomain com   Will connect you over ssh using a  pem file to any server

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