Can't ssh to AWS EC2: Identity file not accessible

Question

I\'m unable to ssh to my EC2 server and am getting the error:

ssh -i /Users/Skeniver/Keepass/skeniver.pem ubuntu@xx.xxx.xx.xxx

Identity file /Users/Skeniver/Kee         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem and i found that the issue with the file path. Right click on the your key_pair.pem (identical file) go the properties and copy and now your comment is like

ssh -i /path/skeniver.pem user@your_public_ip

for example in my case command like

ssh -i /home/anil/.ssh/webKey.pem ec2-user@ec2-45-349-50-38.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com