[ec2-beta] How to login ec2 ubuntu instance ?

[Bart Boryczko]

This procedure should be included in the Getting Started guide. I
struggled with the same issue initially, and finally figured it out on
my own, with lots of Google research.

Bart

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 6:08 PM, Adrian Aoun <adrian at wavii.com> wrote:
> Open up your ec2-keypair.pem file in notepad and make sure that the first
> characters in it are "-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY" and NOT
> "KEYPAIR                ec2-keypair". If that's not the case, delete the
> first line and try again.
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> -Adrian
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> From: ec2-beta-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ec2-beta-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of Hu Houcun
> Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 6:02 PM
> To: Steve Berryman; ec2-beta at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: [ec2-beta] How to login ec2 ubuntu instance ?
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> Steve,
>     First thankx for the reply. but when I  use puttygen  import
> "ec2-keypair.pem" convert it ,
> puttygen report a message "couldn't load private  key (not a private key) "
> , so i can't do it.
> I don't know why I can't  convert it, can you give some detail information ?
>
>      thankx!
>
>     houcun
>    2008.2.15
>
> 2009/2/15 Steve Berryman <steve at berryman.org.uk>
>
> You can use puttygen to convert an openssh key to a putty key. There is a
> menu option to import it, and resave as a putty key.
>
> puttygen is available here:
> http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/puttygen.exe
>
> Steve
>
> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Hu Houcun <houcun at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hey all:
>     I need help, Anyone know how to login ubuntu  instance?
>     I am used putty ,when I set SSH private key point to "ec2-keypair.pem" ,
>     but putty can't use it, I have not know root password too, can you help
> me?
>
>     Regard!
>
>
>     houcun
>     2009.2.15
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