Trying to SSH into an Amazon Ec2 instance - permission error
The problem is having wrong mod on the file.
Easily solved by executing -
chmod 400 mykey.pem
Taken from Amazon's instructions -
Your key file must not be publicly viewable for SSH to work. Use this command if needed: chmod 400 mykey.pem
400 protects it by making it read only and only for the owner.
You are likely using the wrong username to login:
- most Ubuntu images have a user
ubuntu - Amazon's AMI is
ec2-user - most Debian images have either
rootoradmin
To login, you need to adjust your ssh command:
ssh -l USERNAME_HERE -i .ssh/yourkey.pem public-ec2-host
HTH
I know this is very late to the game ... but this always works for me:
step 1
ssh-add ~/.ssh/KEY_PAIR_NAME.pem
step 2, simply ssh in :)
ssh user_name@<instance public dns/ip>
e.g.
ssh [email protected]
hope this helps someone.