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| 2024-08-19 | 2026-06-02 | ||
| removing forgotten anchor (martin) | 6.6.2 Using “username” and “hostname” as one word (martin) | ||
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| Collect information about your EC2 instance: | Collect information about your EC2 instance: | ||
| - | * Host name: Check //Public %%DNS%%// column on //Instances// page of Amazon EC2 console. Note that the public DNS may change when instance is restarted. | + | * Hostname: Check //Public %%DNS%%// column on //Instances// page of Amazon EC2 console. Note that the public DNS may change when instance is restarted. |
| * Host key fingerprint: On the first connect you will be prompted to [[ssh_verifying_the_host_key|verify server host key]]. | * Host key fingerprint: On the first connect you will be prompted to [[ssh_verifying_the_host_key|verify server host key]]. | ||
| * To securely acquire a fingerprint of the host key, use EC2 web-based terminal. Go to //Actions > Connect > EC2 Instance Connect > Connect// on //Instances// page of Amazon EC2 console. In the terminal, use ''[[https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keygen|ssh-keygen]]'' command to display a fingerprint of any number of host keys algorithms. The following example shows SHA-256 and MD5 fingerprints of Ed25519 hostkey: \\ <code bash>sudo ssh-keygen -l -f /etc/<nohilite>ssh</nohilite>/ssh_host_ed25519_key | * To securely acquire a fingerprint of the host key, use EC2 web-based terminal. Go to //Actions > Connect > EC2 Instance Connect > Connect// on //Instances// page of Amazon EC2 console. In the terminal, use ''[[https://man.openbsd.org/ssh-keygen|ssh-keygen]]'' command to display a fingerprint of any number of host keys algorithms. The following example shows SHA-256 and MD5 fingerprints of Ed25519 hostkey: \\ <code bash>sudo ssh-keygen -l -f /etc/<nohilite>ssh</nohilite>/ssh_host_ed25519_key | ||
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| * Make sure //New site// node is selected. | * Make sure //New site// node is selected. | ||
| * On //New site node//, make sure //%%SFTP%%// protocol is selected. | * On //New site node//, make sure //%%SFTP%%// protocol is selected. | ||
| - | * Enter your EC2 instance public DSN name (see above) into //Host name// box. | + | * Enter your EC2 instance public DSN name (see above) into //Hostname// box. |
| - | * //User name// differs with instance type: | + | * //Username// differs with instance type: |
| - | * For an Amazon Linux AMI, the user name is ''ec2-user''. | + | * For an Amazon Linux AMI, the username is ''ec2-user''. |
| - | * For a RHEL5 AMI, the user name is either ''root'' or ''ec2-user''. | + | * For a RHEL5 AMI, the username is either ''root'' or ''ec2-user''. |
| - | * For an Ubuntu AMI, the user name is ''ubuntu''. | + | * For an Ubuntu AMI, the username is ''ubuntu''. |
| - | * For an Centos AMI, the user name is ''centos''. | + | * For an Centos AMI, the username is ''centos''. |
| - | * For a Fedora AMI, the user name is either ''fedora'' or ''ec2-user''. | + | * For a Fedora AMI, the username is either ''fedora'' or ''ec2-user''. |
| - | * For SUSE Linux, the user name is ''root'' or ''ec2-user''. | + | * For SUSE Linux, the username is ''root'' or ''ec2-user''. |
| * Press //Advanced// button to open [[ui_login_advanced|Advanced site settings dialog]] and go to //[[ui_login_authentication|SSH > Authentication page]]//. | * Press //Advanced// button to open [[ui_login_advanced|Advanced site settings dialog]] and go to //[[ui_login_authentication|SSH > Authentication page]]//. | ||
| * In //Private key file// box select the ''.pem'' private key file. WinSCP will need to convert the key to its ''.ppk'' format (you can then use the converted ''.ppk'' key for example with [[integration_putty|PuTTY]] SSH client). | * In //Private key file// box select the ''.pem'' private key file. WinSCP will need to convert the key to its ''.ppk'' format (you can then use the converted ''.ppk'' key for example with [[integration_putty|PuTTY]] SSH client). | ||
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| ===== [[ssm]] Connecting using AWS SSM (Session Manager) ===== | ===== [[ssm]] Connecting using AWS SSM (Session Manager) ===== | ||
| - | In //Host name//, specify your //Instance ID//. | + | In //Hostname//, specify your //Instance ID//. |
| Press //Advanced// button to open [[ui_login_advanced|Advanced site settings dialog]] and go to //[[ui_login_proxy|Connection > Proxy page]]//. There: | Press //Advanced// button to open [[ui_login_advanced|Advanced site settings dialog]] and go to //[[ui_login_proxy|Connection > Proxy page]]//. There: | ||