Before you can deploy a stack from AWS or from AWS Marketplace, you must have an SSH key. Normally you will want to create a key for every siloed service that you want to deploy, e.g., development, stage, and production environments. Step 1. Go to the region/zone you will be using for your deployment. Then… Continue reading How to create an AWS SSH Key Pair
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How to generate a PPK file for SSH and SFTP
Converting Your PEM to PPK Using PuTTYgen [For aMiSTACX and Windows Clients] Note: For AWS quick PPK key file creation, see this post. PuTTY does not natively support the private key format (.pem) generated by the AWS console for SSH to EC2s. PuTTY has a tool named PuTTYgen, which can convert keys to the required… Continue reading How to generate a PPK file for SSH and SFTP
WinSCP Sudo Access for Ubuntu on AWS
Important! Make sure you have the latest WinSCP and Putty clients; otherwise, Ubuntu 22 will flag an SSH key error. Post upgrade you will also need to flush the session cache using the client’s tools. You can validate your keys with the AWS SSH connect. Note: We do NOT support SFTP client FileZilla for Ubuntu Linux, because it requires altering… Continue reading WinSCP Sudo Access for Ubuntu on AWS