How do I set up SSH access for an Amazon EC2 instance?

Question

I need SSH access to an Amazon EC2 instance running Ubuntu 10.4. All I have is the Amazon username and password. Any ideas?

Answer 1

Make sure these thing in check

1. private key must have 400 permission

2. Make sure port 22 is open for AWS instance you are trying to access.

3. ssh -i privatekey.pem ubuntu@XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX // XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX = your instance public ip