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2019-06-04 2020-05-04
updating for changes in EC2 dashboard + 5.12 Bug 1589 – Use SHA-256 host key fingerprints (martin) Session Manager (martin)
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====== Connecting Securely to Amazon EC2 Server with SFTP ====== ====== Connecting Securely to Amazon EC2 Server with SFTP ======
With WinSCP you can easily upload and manage files on your Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instance/server over [[sftp|SFTP protocol]]. With WinSCP you can easily upload and manage files on your Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instance/server over [[sftp|SFTP protocol]].
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 +===== Direct Connection =====
Before starting you should: Before starting you should:
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For details, see a guide to [[guide_tunnel|connecting to an SFTP server which can be accessed via another server only]]. For details, see a guide to [[guide_tunnel|connecting to an SFTP server which can be accessed via another server only]].
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 +===== [[ssm]] Connecting using AWS SSM (Session Manager) =====
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 +In //Host name//, specify your //Instance ID//.
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 +On [[ui_login_advanced|Advanced Site Settings dialog]], go to //Proxy Page//. There:
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 +  * For //Proxy type//, select //Local//.
 +  * In //Local proxy command//, specify: \\ <code>aws ssm start-session --target %host --document-name AWS-StartSSHSession --parameters "portNumber=%port" --profile <aws profile> --region <region></code>
 +  * For //Do DNS name lookup at proxy end//, select //No//.
===== Further reading ===== ===== Further reading =====

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