Log into your instance with the UNIX shell

You will need the amazon-key.pem file that was downloaded in step 11 of booting up your new instance (see Start an Amazon Web Services computer:).

Then, you can either Log into your instance from a Mac or Linux machine or Log into your instance from a Windows machine.

Log into your instance via the UNIX shell (Mac/Linux)

See: Log into your instance from a Mac or Linux machine

Log into your instance via MobaXTerm (Windows)

See: Log into your instance from a Windows machine


Logging in is the starting point for most of the follow-on tutorials. For example, you can now install and run software on your EC2 instance.

Go back to the top page to continue: Starting up an Amazon Web Services machine


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