How do I give SSH access to EC2 instance?

Add a new user to the EC2 Linux instance

1. Connect to your Linux instance using SSH.
2. Use the adduser command to add a new user account to an EC2 instance (replace new_user with the new account name).
3. Change the security context to the new_user account so that folders and files you create have the correct permissions:

How do I access EC2 instance in Ubuntu?

Steps to connect Amazon EC2 Instance from Ubuntu terminal

1. Open terminal and Navigate to the location where you have saved your . pem key pair file.
2. Secure your Key pair file.
3. Connect to your instance using its Public DNS or IP address.

How do you connect via SSH to a Linux EC2 instance with an EBS volume if you lost your key pair?

Method 1: Enter user-data

1. Create a new key pair.
2. If you create the private key in the Amazon EC2 console, then retrieve the public key for the key pair.
3. Open the Amazon EC2 console.
4. Stop your instance.
5. Choose Actions, Instance settings, Edit user data.
6. Copy the following script into the Edit user data dialog box:

How do I share an EC2 instance?

Launch EC2 Instance in Target Account

1. Log in to target account’s AWS console.
2. Go to EC2 Instance dashboard.
3. Click Launch Instance.
4. Under My AMIs sections on the left click “Shared with me”, you will see your recently created AMI there.
5. Select AMI and continue launching your EC2 Instance.

How do I connect to AWS EC2 instance with key pair?

Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/ .

1. In the navigation pane, under Network & Security, choose Key Pairs.
2. Choose Create key pair.
3. For Name, enter a descriptive name for the key pair.
4. For Key pair type, choose either RSA or ED25519.

How do you share AMIs?

Share an AMI (console)

1. In the navigation pane, choose AMIs.
2. Select your AMI in the list, and then choose Actions, Edit AMI permissions.
3. Choose Private.
4. Under Shared accounts, choose Add account ID.
5. For AWS account ID, enter the AWS account ID with which you want to share the AMI, and then choose Share AMI.

How do I transfer EC2 instance to another VPC?

It’s not possible to move an existing instance to another subnet, Availability Zone, or VPC. Instead, you can manually migrate the instance by creating a new Amazon Machine Image (AMI) from the source instance. Then, launch a new instance using the new AMI in the desired subnet, Availability Zone, or VPC.