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How to SSH to an EC2 Host
Connecting from Linux
ssh -i PlatformKeyPairEast.pem ec2-user@<the ec2 host>
For screen shots see EC2 docs
Connecting from Windows using Putty
For screen shots see EC2 docs
Window's users can also connect using PuTTY or WinSCP, however you will to first create a PuTTY private key file using puttygen.exe
Here is how to create the private key file:
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