Connect to EC2 Linux instance – Askforcloud LLC

Connect to EC2 Linux instance

Open the EC2 console https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/
Select the instance and then choose Connect.

Connect to Linux instance using EC2 Instance Connect , select the EC2 Instance Connect tab, Get the public DNS name and user name to connect to your instance.

Connect to your Linux instance from Windows using PuTTY , Open Putty .

Select Browse and choose Private key file for authentication.

Connect Linux instance from Windows using Putty.

For Amazon Linux 2, the default user name is “ec2-user”
For an Ubuntu , the user name is “ubuntu”