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 got here while solving same or similar problem. After trying a few things this works for me eventually. I am on MacBook Pro and trying to connect to Ec2 Amazon Linux 2 using VSCode Remote SSH.

I have to update this file

/Users/MrRobot/.ssh/config

There is a config in the file like below.

IdentityFile xx.pem

I have to update this to full path wherever your id_rsa or pem file is.

IdentityFile /Users/MrRobot/.ssh/xx.pem